STFU, Islamobigotry!

iraniantabern:

tiocfaidharla:

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sura93:

Am I the only one who finds this horribly Islamophobic?

It is in the Qur’an that we are supposed to stand out from nonbelievers… And they are not allowing her to do that. She is unable to fulfill her religious beliefs just because “it won’t look right”. Really?

It’s not that I think she’s lying, per se. But as a Muslim American who wears her headscarf on a daily basis, I find it hard to believe that this is the first time Zawity was ever faced with the notion that some people don’t wear headscarves. As a 14-year-old, I’m finding it hard to believe that she can’t fathom the concept of “uniforms.”

Are you kidding me? Uniforms are there to show that someone is in the army, working at a certain workplace, etc. They are NOT there to completely get rid of any differences between human beings. The simple thought of that is scary itself.

But then, they say this, in order to appear a little less Islamophobic:

But ROTC regulations do allow for the headscarves worn by Muslim women for religious reasons to be worn, so long as they’re “completely covered by standard military headgear.” She wasn’t told no. She was told “yes, but …”

If the headscarf is “completely covered by standard military headgear”, then there is almost no point in wearing it, I believe. I could be wrong, but in my personal opinion, one of the main reasons of wearing it is, again, to stand out from the nonbelievers.

This article bothers me so much. Reading the comments - which I could only stand to read the 1st page - there was ONE comment which supported her. Here it is:

First of all, very few military members are ever in correct uniform. After living on several military bases I know this for a fact. Second, the young girl in question was told she would have to fold up the head scarf to wear it and I see no problem with her simply wearing the headscarf as is. When we have lowered our military standards so that military members can have visible tattoos on theie hands, neck, faces, be overweight, and have the IQ of 1st graders, let a dedicated young woman wear the scarf.

Thank goodness some people have intelligence and support all religions.

im sorry but no. i beleive if you want to be in the UNITED STATES ARMY than you should dress in there regulations. Dont try to bend it just so you can stay. YOUVE CAME TO AMERICA BE AN AMERICAN! No we wont make you change religions but we do want you to respect the others and not stand out. there should not be a change in your uniform just to show what you are. my dad has served long enough and one rule shouldnt be bent just for a stupid scarf. sorry to be that way but its just wrong. 

So I guess you think women shouldn’t be in the army at all, then, since they had to have the uniform changed to accomodate them? 

Also, lol “YOUVE CAME TO AMERICA BE AN AMERICAN!”? Because obviously no one who wears hijab could be born in America, right? 

Not to mention that, in 1987, “shortly after the decision in Goldman v. Weinberger, Congress added Section 774 to Title 10 of the United States Code providing that, with limited exceptions, “a member of the armed forces may wear an item of religious apparel while wearing the uniform of the member’s armed force.”

 The statute creates two categories of exceptions: (1) items that would interfere with the performance of the military duties; and (2) apparel that is not neat and conservative.”

A sports hijab would easily be neat and conservative, and wouldn’t interfere with the performance of military duties. It’s honestly not that hard for them to say, “Look, just wear one that’s in uniform colours and go on your merry way.”

On another note, I wish I could contact the girl who wants to be in the military and be like “Come to Canada, we already have at least one hijabi in our military. You can protect us anytime, and we’ll be grateful that you want to serve us instead of turning you away for a piece of headgear.” 

^ you tell ‘em