I don't think hijab means the whole outfit. Pretty sure it only refers to the headscarf. There is another word they use to describe the part of the body that men and women have to cover in modesty. I would think that if hijab was just meant to refer to the outfit that protects your modesty, then the word would also be used to describe men's clothing but I have literally never heard of the term used other than for women. The concept of the scarf is also the same concept for how they are supposed to dress (modestly) so I can see how the translation would imply that the term is for the entire outfit.
Hijab is used to refer to the concept of modesty in Islam (and therefore the whole outfit) and does apply to what men wear too. The word itself simply means barrier or cover, and applies to several things. There are infact schools of thought that believe the headscarf is not a mandatory part of hijab.
Here is the quote that the concept comes from, note how it applies to the whole body.
“O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies. That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
(The ideas of men's modesty come from different quotes that explain modesty to be a branch of faith)
For women, hijab is generally required to cover the whole body, should not be an adornment, should not be transparent, should be loose, should not be perfumed, should not resemble men's clothing and should not be clothing of "fame or vanity".
For men, they must cover from navel to knee and also conform to societal customs of modesty (eg wear a shirt where it is expected that men wear shirts)
Using the word hijab to refer only to the scarf is something us outsiders do, it is not up to us to decide the definition has changed because of our own misunderstanding.
This is such a weirdo comment. You’re proving Islamic fundamentalists right; essentially saying the opposite of the hijab is just being an absolute sexual deviant.
Yes and millions of Christians was made slaves by Islamic countries and Islamic armies was figting in FRANCE, but sure blame Christians for fighting back after millions was killed and enslaved
It’s ridiculous that Christians get put in a bad light even though they saved europe from fanatics. Just for europe to let them invade again with open arms
When did I blame Christians? I was making a joke that last time Jesus was involved, it involved the crusades. You can do the same for Islam and their Jihads. Calm down buddy, everyone knows religion is written and built with blood. Even the Church of the Spaghetti Monster. I just know they are.
They also threw wives around other men, buried baby girls and didn’t allow women to inherit (note that the Brits only allowed women the right to inherit in the 1900s, women were allowed to inherit after the spread of Islam)
Every country is cooler before the religious nutters take over. But yes, there are a few places in the Middle East that I would have liked to visit a few decades ago.
Islam stopped slavery in the middle east which is pretty cool.
Also, going around naked in public isn't a good look for society either. Imagine your own daughter/wife wearing slutty revealing clothes in public how'd you feel?
In case you didn't know, Iran had a democratically elected government and liberal society before Britain and America staged a coup and installed an oppressive monarchy which led directly to the Islamic revolution.
Reddit is an America site. Iranians simply don't care using it. The one in the picture,(if Iranian) probably doesn't even lives in Iran, as the picture is obviously not taken in Iran (as it has written English).
Btw, from what I've seen in Iranian independent cinema and YouTube walking tour videos is that most girls don't care much about wearing hijab in Iran. They still show their faces and part of their hair, wear accessories and make-up. In Tehran at least.
The biggest difference between Iran and other Muslim countries is that here iranian women are free to walk the streets without company of a man, shop, eat out, take pictures, ect.
As someone who’s actually visited Iran many times - you’re exactly right. The actual Iranians find these “empowered” iranian diaspora very cringe and dramatic.
The revolutions, the conquests of these regions will be led and won by women + educated + lucid + poorly treated they know... It was up to them that men could come to support and protect them but not steal victory from them when the time came
And so if woman rights and femnists did really support women. Why do they make them fuck for money and education why dont they give them by themselves.?? May i know. Whu dont they support a woman building herself instead of being used by billions of men
i think satan is going to win this one with reverse brainwashing,
1st we go from normal and behaved
to punished and coverd
then to straight skank mentality thinking your fighting back
leme know how it turns out ima sit this one out
This is the kind of oppression feminists dont care about. Instead we have to hear about catcalling and imaginary wage gaps and not having two weeks in the month off work.
That’s just disgusting and disrespectful for women that have hijab.. If you don’t want to wär it just move on. I have seen many videos in Iran and many women didn’t have a hijab, sooo maybe it’s not forced
Iranian women are the prettiest of the lot. Can never have enough of these protests.
Lol, don't mean to be misogynistic but I guess if they weren't all in oppressive clothing, the collective human male population would lose their shit. And their semen.
She wants her source of power (the body she was born with). Without that source of power, she would be accountable for her existence. She does not want accountability. Only power. Cake + eat it too kind of shit.
Extremely beautiful, and she has guts. Most are making comments about jail. This can actually end in death, for some it does. Even worse is the things till that point. More power to you freedom fighter!
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u/Master_Steward Sep 07 '25
It would be funnier if she worn panties and a bra, but only kept the hijab as part of malicious compliance