Look.
I will try to make this simple for everyone.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all Abrahamic (Semitic) religions that originated in the Semitic Near East. In what is today the Arab world and Israel.
That region is the cradle of civilization and was home to dozens upon dozens of ancient civilizations and peoples who were closely related on most fronts. Despite this there were distinct cultures and even religions (Semitic paganism etc.) depending on the time period.
Some of those practices millenniums upon millenniums ago influenced the 3 Abrahamic religions.
Headscarf is just a garment and if I recall was first used (documented) in ancient Mesopotamia and was a clothing that noble women wore.
Once people ran around naked. Some people in certain parts of the world still do this to this day.
Islam obviously is a part (now) of Arab culture but Arab let alone Semitic culture contains 1 million more fields than just Islam let alone the two other Abrahamic religions.
Arab Christians, Atheists or Arab Jews don't consider Islam as a part of their culture for instance and they are not any less Arab because of that.
Also there is no denying that the Abrahamic religions have shaped our world, including the Western world, on every field or that the ancient civilizations of the Arab world/MENA did that too long before the appearance of Islam.
Besides Islamic history and Islam is so, so much more than just a hijab and the Arab world is a place of great diversity.
People forget that Islam and the Islamic world for almost 1000 years was more liberal and advanced than Christian Europe and that those same "savage" Muslims influenced Europe a lot and helped it become what it is today. Especially in terms of The Renaissance.
Sometimes I wonder if people have ever opened a history book before or are just blabbering based on what their media is propagandizing to them or whatever their friends are telling them of "facts".
I understand that with Daesh around, an infinite number of uneducated retards in the MENA region and overall bad leadership such thinking gains momentum but COME on. I expect more from people who have free access to information.
We don't live in the 19th century anymore.
Cheers.
Let me tell this. In the Arab world there are many wonderful programs of ancient Arab/Semitic/Middle Eastern history and also on Islam and in general the culture, traditions etc. of the region. Sadly such reports/documentaries never reach the Western world or very rarely.
Recently I watched a very interesting program about the "flower men of KSA".
I would like if the GCC leaders thought about that and in general helped combat the ignorant beliefs that are held by certain communities of the world in regards to the region. Unfortunately they are not doing the best job at that currently. Some locals don't help either.
Also did it ever occur to people that most women who wear a hijab (a garment like any other) are not forced to do so?
@XenoEnsi-14
No sarcams in this post this time around.
Although allow me to write (once again)
Donald Trump for president.
