Wow!

Again, wow!  I can't believe it's been as long as it has since I put the hijab back on.  And I can't believe I've been following Amena on youtube/facebook/her own website since November. 

I went to the states during the winter break here (aka x-mas break) and all I got were great comments on how nice I had wrapped my hair and how great I looked.  Granted I didn't go traditional hijabbi....I wore  a turtle neck and wrapped my scarf in a bun at the back of my head.  Everything covered....just like it should be.  :-))

I love that the new hijab styles are so great now.  And that soo many people are getting into them.  I love that we can wear hijab, be muslim and still individualize ourselves with our own style.  Or, be picked out in a crowd because we are Pearl-Daisy's....LOL!  (If you follow Amena you know what I am talking about)

I pray that insha'Allah the styles continue to be so great and that women continue to take advantage of them.  I also pray that more and more non-muslims start to appreciate them.

Jews vs Muslims.....

Jewish law requires married women to cover their hair. In Orthodox Judaism, men and women who are not married and are not closely related are generally not allowed to touch each other.In Orthodox Judaism, men and women who are not married to each other and are not immediate blood relatives are not allowed to enter into a secluded situation ("yichud") in a room or in an area that is private. In Orthodox Judaism, men and women are not allowed to mingle during prayer services, and Orthodox synagogues generally include a divider, called a Mechitza, creating separate men's and women's sections.

So, albeit that I copied the above from Wikipedia...it is the same any where else I looked.  The reason I posted this is to ask you this.....if the above is true and the same applies to muslim women....then....why are we oppressed and jewish women are free?  There is NO difference.  They cover their hair and dress modest...we cover our hair and dress modest.  They are not allowed to touch someone of the opposite sex that is not related and neither are we.  They are seperated during religious prayers or services and so are we.  So, again...why are we oppressed?  I don't get it. 

And the worst part about this whole issue is that it isn't mainly women that are all up in arms...it's the men!  Why does it bother them so much?!  Oh, sorry...I forgot...if we cover and dress modestly then they don't get a free show.....

Back to hijabbi...

It has been two weeks now since I have officially become a hajabbi again.  So far so good.  No comments from anyone yet.  One of my docs did make the comment that I had changed...I just smiled and said...just a bit.

All my freinds are happy for me.  It is nice to feel back in my element again.  And I am sooo happy I found the you tube videos from Amena.  She does such great hijabs.   

That's all for now!

Friends, family

All of my freinds have been very supportive and happy for me so far.. all except one...which I knew she would have something to say.  So I was prepared.  My brother-in-law of course had something to say.  He's not very religious to start with and is not much for the hijab.  Or so he gives me the impression.  He said, what is this...you put it on you take it off you put it on...I said your brother gave me permission again.  Then he was quiet. 

Argh!!!!  Why can't people just let you live your life?  If I was showing my tits and my ass then it would be alright?  Huh?  Oh, no....we MUST dress modest.  ok,  I am.  But not THAT modest.  Yeah, ok.  Unforenately I am a person that sees either black or white.  I have a hard time seeing gray.....

Tekbir...

Tekbir....means Allahu akbar. 

Tekbir!!!!!

Alhumdulillah!  I sent hubby a couple of emails this weekend while he was out quoting from scholars that it is MY sin and not only His that I am not wearing hijab.  The questions were exactly my situation....I want to wear hijab but my husband is against it or doesn't allow it.

Allahu ekbar!!!!  He called me today and said he had read my emails or rather the links that I sent him.  He said...if you really want to wear hijab...it comes from within and you want to do it for Allah then go ahead and wear it.  He said...I can't handle that much sin.  I wanted to jump for joy and scream!  Instead I stayed calm and just said jazak Allahu khayran.  Little did he know I had made up my mind last night that I was going to wear it no matter what.  I wore it out today before he had even read those emails.  Allah (swt) is always good and always answers our prayers....even it if takes a while.  We are impatient creatures.

So I am once again a hijabbi!!!!!  I want to shout it from the roof tops!!!  Tekbir!!!!

To hijab or not to hijab....

I am sooo in between on this one.  In my heart I know it is the right thing to do.  One of my neighbors said (after describing to her how DH will allow me to wear the hijab) why even bother.  I know...I kind of feel like that too.  I mean, it's not like I will actually be wearing the hijab.  Just a nice scarf that is worn as a nice accent like those hollywood movie stars. 

Another problem I have is I can't find one youtube video showing how the hell those women (mostly Iranian) wear their scarves like that and they don't slip at all.  Anytime I have typed in 'iranian hijab' either videos showing them come up or people protesting them come up.  But not one that shows you how to actually wear it.  There are tons of video on how to wear hijab but they are all the 'correct' hijab and I already know how to wear that one.  Anyone have any suggestions? 

Also, DH told me that I am not mature enough to wear hijab.  Ok...might have mentioned this in an earlier hijab.  Apparently only Allah (SWT) knows when I will be mature enough.  Oh and then there was the arguement about if I wear hijab then how should I go swimming, etc. with my son.  Uh, wear a hijabbi swimsuit.  Oh, apparently it isn't appropriate for a hijabbi to be around other men and see them.  But it's ok if I wear a 'normal' bathing suit and see them then?  huh?

Argh...I have a headache...more later....