Tunisian women free not to wear hijab: Ennahda

[Last Hope]

My girlfriend's friend moved to Tunisia. I have seen her pictures. In Pakistan, she used to dress modestly. But in Tunisia, I witnessed her and her family wearing modern dresses. I am not familiar with any such laws. Though I was taken aback, it is terrible. Why canot a person cover her head and show her legs? You cannot force her to!

You extremists may go to Canada in extreme cold, and force them to wear skirts and capris in snow, and bare head. Just a piece of crap from haters.

 

[Roybot]

^^^ I think free is the key word here. No one is being forced to put on/take off a hijab.

 

[A.Muqeet khan]

My girlfriend's friend moved to Tunisia. I have seen her pictures. In Pakistan, she used to dress modestly. But in Tunisia, I witnessed her and her family wearing modern dresses. I am not familiar with any such laws. Though I was taken aback, it is terrible. Why canot a person cover her head and show her legs? You cannot force her to!

You extremists may go to Canada in extreme cold, and force them to wear skirts and capris in snow, and bare head. Just a piece of crap from haters.

i belive that even if a women is not dressing according to Islamic teaching at best u can just tell her that it nothing more nothing less though if it true or not that remains to be seen

 

[agentny17]

Your answer is here!

What does this video has do with what i asked you, implementing Sharia Law, Ennahda, or Human Rights ?

 

[rohailmalhi]

Well the best will be make the dress minimum requirement , like it should cover all your body and make some thing up to the person wearing it.
Like use of hijab or abaya....... its up to the person as far as the head is covered its good to go...........

Limitless Freedom is not good at all so there should be limit to everything. we can see the limitless freedom in west where they claim tall about the freedom of the women but if u see from near they have made women a s*x slave nothing more.

So i think we as Muslim need to different from them rather then follow them and end up doing the same things.

 

[Hussein]

believing our prophet wanted the women to be hidden or covered face... in an insult to him
but it is everyone choice to understand like this or not
so the best is let the choice to any individual
it is what they do in Tunisia! congrats

 

[Mosamania]

As it should be. Islam NEVER EVER EVER EVER in its history forced women to wear Hijab or punished her for not doing so it has always gave her freedom in that. Hijab is for women is what beard is for men. If you do it then you are being a more devout Muslim if you shave its your choice the same is for Women.

 

[agentny17]

As it should be. Islam NEVER EVER EVER EVER in its history forced women to wear Hijab or punished her for not doing so it has always gave her freedom in that. Hijab is for women is what beard is for men. If you do it then you are being a more devout Muslim if you shave its your choice the same is for Women.

Islam doesn't/didn't, but "Muslims" do/did.

 

[Mosamania]

Islam doesn't/didn't, but "Muslims" do/did.

As I always say Muslims and Islams are two very different things. The only hope for the Islamic world is for Islam and Muslims to align themselves again on the same wave.

The one in the middle is a 19th century woman from Makkah. This was how most women from Makkah wore their clothing.

This is a 12th century painting depecting a man playing Oud (A guitar like Music instrument or more correctly the Guitar is an Oud like Musical instrument) Around women and that was in the 12th century mind you.

A Syrian woman during the Ottoman Empire.

 

[muse]

Wonder whats in those gold cups the men and women are holding - Tea? And look no Hijab and no burqa, and men and women together and look music - what the....Where are the shariah sadist when they are needed?

 

[Sasquatch]

It should up to women to choose if they wear it my sister chooses to wear it I can say up to 90 % of Hui women wear it because they choose to the ones who don't wear it are still very devout Muslims just because you don't wear it doesn't mean your a devout Muslim.

 

[Mosamania]

Wonder whats in those gold cups the men and women are holding - Tea?

Is part of your utopia for Alcohol to be allowed too?? And no it is not tea it is Fruit Nectars which was the substitute for Alcoholic beverages in Islamic societies.

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And again muse found an opening to bash Islam in so he is not wasting a second. Tough luck go try it with someone else but not me.

 

[Rafi]

Is part of your utopia for Alcohol to be allowed too?? And no it is not tea it is Fruit Nectars which was the substitute for Alcoholic beverages in Islamic societies.

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And again muse found an opening to bash Islam in so he is not wasting a second. Tough luck go try it with someone else but not me.

Musey can't help himself, bless him.

 

[EjazR]

This "Islamist" label is such a misnomer in the Arab spring context. Any party that advocates freedom to practice religion is labelled an Islamist. And I am surprised that Today's Zaman a Turkish paper would use the same terminology.

The Enhadda party has publicly declared that it will form a "true" secular govt. Just like the AKP had insisted in Turkey.

What does that mean? Till now half of the Arab states including Turkey and most of the CARs even today have imposed an anti-religion secularism. This prevented people to practice their faith. A women wearing a headscarf could not go to school or university or get govt. employment. Same for a man who would like to keep a beard for example. This is not secularism. This is stifling religion freedom and a step away from ban on religion expression like we have in China or the former USSR.

What is happening now is that these political changes are moving secularism back to the mainstream in the Arab world. We are seeing a more Indian/US/UK style secularism rather than the anti-religion French or former Turkish style secularism.

So how can such a party be called "Islamist"? Compare this for example the Republican party in the US were many presidential candidates have called for the 10 commandments to be the basis of the law and according to a recent PEW survey most registered republicans consider themselves to be Christians first and Americans second. So is the Republican party now going to be called a political Evangelican or "Christist" party that advocates a Christian theocratic basis for the state?

Lets get some baselines sorted. The problem we should have is if some group of people start claiming that only they can provide some sort of theocratic political Islamic system (or theocratic Christian, Jewish or Hindu e.t.c. political system) to solve all your problems. That is if a some religious leader is made a head of state for example. And historically because there is no Central Church in Islam, such a for of political system is alien to Islam - Sunni Islam in particular. In the 1400 years history starting with the Abbasid empire there has been no religious scholar as a head of state except recently were you have the Ayatollahs in Iran or the short lived Mullah Omar-led Taliban in Afghanistan.

While people bring Saudi Arabia into the picture, the fact remains that it is a Kingdom where the head of state is not a religious head of state as well. The situation is akin to England where the Church of England is the official Church of the country and the Queen and Archbishop are no.1 and no.2 in the pecking order. Similarly while the royal family and King Abdullah rule the country. The Salafi clerics are state sanctioned but come below the pecking order after the King.

What we should be supporting is the eventual rationalizing of Secularism (the Indian/US/UK style) across the emerging Arab democracies and then support this in countries like Central Asian Republics as well were dictators in the name of secularism and fighting "Islamic extremism" are suppressing religious freedom. It is in such oppressive environments that extremists and fringe fanatics take birth. And dictators use this as an excuse to extort money from their western sponsors and keep a tight lid on their people.

 

[Zarvan]

Wish our stupid "Salafis" in Egypt would think the same.

Sir Islamic Law has to be implemented every where I hope later in Tunisia will also be implemented but at least now women will not be forced to stop veil in a Muslim Majority country