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BmuthafuckinMagic t1_ivlkhn2 wrote

Muslim women should have a choice, but it does remind me of a funny story.

My Mum to my Grandad when she was 13 growing up in Pakistan: I don't want to wear this hijab anymore, it's too hot and uncomfortable.

Grandad: What?!! I thought you wore it because you wanted to?

Mum: I used to, not anymore.

Grandad: OK

Mum: OK

It didn't change my mother's commitment to her faith though. I think a lot of the western world thinks women who don't want to wear the hijab also don't want to be Muslim, so seem to be going into overdrive to support them.

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