I find it very interesting how women who choose to wear hijab as a sign of their religious dedication, don’t understand that that needs to be a choice. Women in Iran and Afghanistan are being oppressed in the name of Islam. One would think that if Islam is so important to Muslims, they would feel the need to protect its image and not want it to be a form of oppression. Taking whats happed in Iran (as a form of protest or not) and making it about yourself is so unbelievably childish that it leaves me shocked quite honestly. Women have been getting killed and beat by the police in Iran and this violence has been happening for decades. I don’t understand how this oppression is different to others in other countries. Activism cannot be selective otherwise you’re not an activist you’re just mad about things that only pertain to you and your world views.
Letting the Western media fool you into thinking how women choose to stand up for themselves is Islamophobic is just as bad as letting the Western media making you believe that Muslims are savages. You know that line of news lies to you. Why do you believe it now? The West use Iranian women to put forward their own agenda. Let me tell you this, Iranian women don’t care. Women who are using their bodies to fight are not thinking about keeping the image of Islam pretty for you in the West. That is YOUR job. They are fighting and they don’t have time to coddle the ideology that they see as their oppressor. I’m sure that once Iranians have freedom of religion, things will be different.
Identity politics and oppression olympics is how our real enemies win. Leave people who have nothing but their flesh and blood alone. Everyone is fighting a battle. You might not understand it, but that doesn’t matter, not everything is about you. You are being cruel and the only person that is harming is defenceless Iranian women. If your freedom to wear hijab in the West is important to you, why do you feel threatened by others having that same level of freedom? Why is it only good if it’s for you? Freedom of religion (and by definition not having it) is a human right that others also deserve. Stop being childish and stop being selfish.
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