Saturday, May 5, 2007

Hijab and Security


We are living in a world that is full of violence, cruelty, insecurity and suffers from lack of food and sympathy but few people bother their heads to take a pace for resolving these problems. Strangely those people who are indifferent toward these problems when see a woman who has hijab and has covered her body treat her in such a way as if she has committed a dead sin or mock at her. They regard hijab as opposed to human rights and as a barrier that makes women's progress impossible. Indeed hijab is not a hinder but it is like a pearl in a shell that provides women with security, makes stronger family relationships and better societies, it also makes working environment a healthier place.

First of all, women who have hijab feel safer than the others. Hijab like a barrier protects these women from those lustful eyes that are seeking for an object to have some time of enjoyment to satisfy their instincts. Hijab gives women a new identity and brings with itself respect and value for women. By having hijab, one can prove that she is not a marionette or a sexual instrument to amuse the others and to be controlled by the others wills. A woman with hijab is an independent person with dignity that must be respected. So hijab can protect women against the undesirable events that are growing in the society.

Hijab also makes the basis of family stronger. Family is the smallest unit within the society and the bliss of the society depends on the bliss of the family. Disregarding hijab may cause stress and suspicion in the mind of the husband and lead destruction of harmony, security and affection within the family which have bad effects on children. Arming with such a powerful weapon as hijab can guarantee the durability of the family and bring great bliss for the members of the family who can inject this bliss to the community and make a healthy society.

Another advantage of hijab is healthier working environment. In a society where women attend their works with lots of make up they may disturb the men colleagues and also waste their time by spending hours for their make up. But when women attend their works with hijab everyone in the working environment whether man or woman can concentrate on his/her work and as a result the output of work would increase.

Considering what mentioned before, we should not forget that hijab is a personal matter and we can not compel another person to have hijab or blame a girl who has not hijab. One must herself decide about having or not having hijab and discover her meaning of this word. The imposed hijab not only have any value but also may cause hatred.

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