Last part of my reaction, sorry if you don't see it in the correct order. It's not because we have the luxury to do as we please, that that's the same for people from Afghanistan or India, for example. 50 years ago, no Catholic woman in this city would go out without a headscarf. The same is the case for older ladies in the provinces in Russia. Every religion based on the Old Testament wants to control followers and religious garb is one of these ways. Every normal person knows that the origin of asking women to cover their heads is to be found in historical context and evolving from this takes centuries... Religious aspects are a big part of many cultures and just like asking them to revoke their culture is unfair, we'd find it abnormal to be asked to be a copy of them. I love my culture and still can be very critical, because dialogue makes evolution. These young ladies should be able to be who they want, to wear what they want and are enjoying themselves like young people should! Have a nice day!

Thank you for your discursive comment. I think BP every now and then has a Hijab posting. And you are totally right: what I criticise is a patriarchal and/or forceful society.

If I counted the number of times I were told to go back to China, if we normally live in huts, if I'm here to find a husband, being from a minority republic in Russia, if I'm Finnish, Lithuanian, Greek. Or vampire being whiter than the people here. Every single day, I work harder than the people here, I don't complain when someone says something clearly racist or sexist and I pretend not to be aware of hostility my being different provokes in others. I smile until I go to bed. In the meantime, I have to correct the writing of people who can't even spell in their native language, who can't express themselves in normal sentences, but still think I, as the forever foreigner I'll continue to be in their eyes, should understand their local dialect. My point is, if it's not their clothing, it will be something else people will find bothering them in Hijabis. Clothing does not define our religion.

"The same is the case for older ladies in the provinces in Russia." - what now? You mean women have to wear head coverings in church. Which is not the same as "no (...) woman in this city would go out without a headscarf"

Razan Youssef easy

Razan Youssef haha