Muslims say hijab is empowering as ‘half of Britons believe women pressured into it’
Muslim women, almost half of the British believe that women believe that they are forced to wear it in the face of a new survey, wearing a headscarf, “strengthened”, he said.
The questionnaire believed that 49 percent of the British people were wearing a headscarf due to family or community pressure, while only one quarter (26 percent) found the decision as a personal election.
New Yougov Survey – Ahmediyya Muslim community And at the beginning of this month, 2,130 British adults, including the absence – more than 20,000 Muslim women come together in Jalsa Salana UK, the largest Muslim congress of the country.
40 -year -old Dr Munazzah Chou, one of more than 6,000 female volunteers in Jalsa Salana, helps to operate a tent city on a 210 -acre Hampshire agricultural land Independent At the age of 16, he started wearing a headscarf. “There are many options we make every day,” he said. “I chose to wear a headscarf as an expression of my religious beliefs.”
His words were repeated by Dr Malieha Mansur, who thought that the headscarf was “booster ..
The 36 -year -old obstetrics and Uxbridge, who responded to the findings, said: orum I am not surprised by the results, but this is courageous, because I wish people to listen to how Muslim women really feel. ”
The women we talk about in Jalsa Salana believe that wearing a headscarf is a liberating choice.
Dr Chou, an ophthalmologist from Farnham in Surrey, said, “Wearing hijab is a choice like others, and the headscarf makes us feel spiritually grounded in a financially oriented world.”
“This is a booster because I don’t have to think or worry about appearances as I go on for my daily life – I don’t think it’s the most important thing”, but also repeated Dr Mansur, a faculty member at the Nuffield Women’s and Reproductive Health Department at Oxford University.
“This is a booster because I choose who to see my beauty and who has not seen it.”
The survey results also showed that the majority of the British (53 percent) believe that Islam is not compatible with British values. The number of people who saw Muslim immigrants (41 percent) was found in Christians (7 percent), Jews (13 percent), SIH (14 percent) and Hindus (15 percent) compared to the Hindus (15 percent). Meanwhile, almost one -third of the British people (31 percent) believes that Islam encourages violence.
In Jalsa Salana, Union Jack will be trained with an Islamic flag to mark the beginning of a three -day “Muslim Festival ile with more than 40,000 people from around the world.
The annual event organized by the Ahmediyya Muslim Community presents a series of opening speech by Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the caliph of the Ahmediyya Muslim community and the worldwide president of the Muslim community. Those who participated in this year’s event exhibit exhibitions, booklets and a bazaar, insist that there is no conflict between being British and being a Muslim.
Dr Chou will be accused of the increase in media narratives. “Public perceptions are not formed in a gap. I think that the involvement of Muslim women in the media continues the idea that the society is ‘other’ rather than full -fledged members.”
26-year-old Iffat Mirza-Rashid, a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, said the decision to wear a headscarf:
“Look at the society today – there is a lot of pressure to make women appear in a certain way. Hijab is a strong response and resistance to this kind of pressure. It encourages people around us to see us rather than who we are – and this is really a strengthening.”
The comparative literature researcher continued: “This is just a piece of fabric – but then it is much more, because it is a reflection of your beliefs. It is strong to express your beliefs because you can make a certain explanation about who you are and what your priorities are.”
