Hijab

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"The hijab is a symbol of oppression. Please don’t celebrate it." - [article by Rita Panahi](http://archive.is/kYD3P)

"As Muslim women, we ask you not to wear the hijab." - [article by Asra Q. Nomani and Hala Arafa](http://archive.is/phjp3)

"Do the people who promote 'World Hijab Day' really care about women?" - video by [Dr. David Wood](https://youtu.be/-o-ueKNJzso)

"Say NO To World Hijab Day" - video by [Ridvan Aydemir and Yasmine Mohammed](https://youtu.be/jpiFX81daIg)

"The hijab reduces a woman to her genitalia. It marks her as private and restricted property, a non-person. It's like a medieval chastity belt. Wearing it justifies the rape of women who refuse it." - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, [here](http://archive.is/VG8Bz) and [here](http://archive.is/W2wGC)

The word *hijab* in the Koran never connotes any act of piety and it is never used to mean "headscarf." *Hijab* literally means “curtain” in Arabic. It also means “hiding,” ”obstructing,” and “isolating” someone or something. It carries the *negative* connotation of being an actual or metaphorical obstacle separating the “non-believers” in a dark place (Koran 41:5), a wall of separation between those in Muslim heaven and those in Muslim hell (Koran 7:46).

Learn more:

[Mohammed's Hatred of Women](http://archive.is/08K45)

[What A Woman Is Worth In Islam](http://archive.is/MP85j)

Video: [Three Koran Verses Every Woman Should Know](http://archive.is/mySxJ)

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Do not be fooled. [Read a legitimate translation of the Koran for yourself.](http://archive.is/ILMri) Know what Muslims know - not what they *tell* you, which is often not the truth. Knowledge is power.

**Fight ignorance. FIGHT BACK.**