mandate of the hijab

Submitted by Abdulkarim Al-Habsi (Oman), Sep 20, 2011 at 01:53

The mandate of the Hijab is for self discipline, the religious teaching did not prescribed it by force. There is no reference in Quran or the Hadith that say government or the like are to enforce the Hijab, this is new to Islam. Some Muslims use the enforcement of the Hijab as part of an arsenal of discriminatory laws to oppress women.

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