Hijab should not be presented as a symbol of diversity

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Feb 6, 2021 at 01:47

Dear Dr Pipes, Islamic hijab is making its way into our day-to-day lives in unpresidented ways. Many time people, companies, and marketing agencies denote and use Islamic Hijab as a representation of diversity. I think it is naive to treat Hijab in this way.

Showing a Muslim woman wearing a Hijab in a marketing ad is not equivalent to showing a Japanese person eating Ramen in an ad. Ramen comes with nothing more than some noodles, some food and a lot of broth. A Hijab comes with a lot more. It comes with centuries of subjugation of women, possibilities of polygamy with 4 wives, with Islamic self-righteousness, and, worse, with a
desire for world domination and a desire to convert everyone to a single way of thinking. There is nothing diverse about Hijab. In fact, Hijab is antithetical to freedom and diversity.

Naivette about Hijab must end. It should not be shown in ads as a moniker of diversity.

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