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<p><strong>Join here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/One-Million-Hijabs-for-Shaima-Alawadi/137306256397032">One Million Hijabs for Shaima Alawadi</a> and spread the request.</strong></p>
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<h3>Iraqi woman, mother of 5 children was murdered. The killer left &#8220;go back to your country&#8221; note</h3>
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<p><strong>Xenophobia, incited by Right wing extremists, populists and hatemongers abusing religion and those dressing religious to justify crimes against merely what is plain incitement and ignorance which is a very distressing development and worrying for the future of all mankind. Murder because of skincolor, religion or ethnicity is an appalling event. There is only 1 race. The Human Race. A woman lost her life, a mother of five children. A wife to a husband and a child of her own parents. Why? Because she was manifesting her right to express her religion and wears a hijab.</strong></p>
<p><em>(Below this blogpost coverage about the murder by Al-Akhbar)</em></p>
<p><strong></strong>Many misunderstandings about Islam create intolerance. Many myths about the head- or faceveil as well. Below an explanation of the reasons for Muslim women to wear hijab. And not only Islamic women, Jewish women too. And even in the Christian Bible is stated in 1 Corinthians 11, verses 5. &#8220;<em>But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven</em>&#8221;  and continues:  <sup>6&#8243;</sup><em>For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered</em>.&#8221;</p>
<p>It is time, this humanity unites against incitement because of ethnicity, religious manifestations for it is merely and solely a pretext for the xenophobic mindset which is a danger to all religiously committed people in this world and not only for Islam but for this future and that of our children.</p>
<p>Shaima Shalabi&#8217;s children&#8217;s future is devastated. By a hatecrime. I call on all people with a sense of humanity to stand together in this and take a stand against by xenophobic incitement induced hatecrimes.</p>
<p><strong>Below, an explanation of the reasons why we muslim women wear an hijab. And it is not an invitation for violence.</strong></p>
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<h3><strong>The Question of Hijab: Suppression Or Liberation?</strong></h3>
<p>&#8220;Why do Muslim women have to cover their heads?&#8221; This question is one which is asked by Muslim and non-Muslim alike. For many women it is the truest test of being a Muslim.</p>
<p>The answer to the question is very simple &#8211; Muslim women observe HIJAB (covering the head and the body) because Allah has told them to do so.</p>
<p>&#8220;O Prophet, tell your wives and daughters and the believing women to draw their outer garments around them (when they go out or are among men). That is better in order that they may be known (to be Muslims) and not annoyed&#8230;&#8221; [Noble Quran 33:59]</p>
<p>Other secondary reasons include the requirement for modesty in both men and women. Both will then be evaluated for intelligence and skills instead of looks and sexuality. An Iranian school girl is quoted as saying, &#8220;We want to stop men from treating us like sex objects, as they have always done. We want them to ignore our appearance and to be attentive to our personalities and mind. We want them to take us seriously and treat us as equals and not just chase us around for our bodies and physical looks.&#8221; A Muslim woman who covers her head is making a statement about her identity. Anyone who sees her will know that she is a Muslim and has a good moral character. Many Muslim women who cover are filled with dignity and self esteem; they are pleased to be identified as a Muslim woman. As a chaste, modest, pure woman, she does not want her sexuality to enter into interactions with men in the smallest degree. A woman who covers herself is concealing her sexuality but allowing her femininity to be brought out.</p>
<p>The question of Hijab for Muslim women has been a controversy for centuries and will probably continue for many more. Some learned people do not consider the subject open to discussion and consider that covering the face is required, while a majority are of the opinion that it is not required. A middle line position is taken by some who claim that the instructions are vague and open to individual discretion depending on the situation. The wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were required to cover their faces so that men would not think of them in sexual terms since they were the &#8220;Mothers of the Believers,&#8221; but this requirement was not extended to other women.</p>
<p>The word &#8220;Hijab&#8221; comes from the Arabic word &#8220;hajaba&#8221; meaning to hide from view or conceal. In the present time, the context of Hijab is the modest covering of a Muslim woman. The question now is what is the extent of the covering? The Quran says:</p>
<p>&#8220;Say to the believing man that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that will make for greater purity for them; and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; and that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands&#8230;&#8221; [Noble Quran 24:30-31]</p>
<p>These verses from the Quran contain two main injunctions:</p>
<p>A woman should not show her beauty or adornments except what appears by uncontrolled factors such as the wind blowing her clothes, and</p>
<p>the head covers should be drawn so as to cover the hair, the neck and the bosom.</p>
<p>Islam has no fixed standard as to the style of dress or type of clothing that Muslims must wear. However, some requirements must be met. The first of these requirements is the parts of the body which must be covered. Islam has two sources for guidance and rulings: first, the Quran, the revealed word of Allah and secondly, the Hadith or the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) who was chosen by Allah to be the role model for mankind. The following is a Tradition of the Prophet:</p>
<p>&#8220;Ayshah reported that Asma&#8217; the daughter of Abu Bakr came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while wearing thin clothing. He approached her and said: &#8216;O Asma&#8217;! When a girl reaches the menstrual age, it is not properthat anything should remain exposed except this and this. He pointed to theface and hands.&#8221; [Abu Dawud]</p>
<p>The second requirement is looseness. The clothing must be loose enough so as not to describe the shape of the woman&#8217;s body. One desirable way to hide the shape of the body is to wear a cloak over other clothes. However, if the clothing is loose enough, an outer garment is not necessary. Thickness is the third requirement. The clothing must be thick enough so as not to show the color of the skin it covers or the shape of the body. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) stated that in later generations of his Ummah there would be</p>
<p>&#8220;women who would be dressed but naked and on top of their heads (what looks like) camel humps. Curse them for they are truly cursed.&#8221; [Muslim]</p>
<p>Another requirement is an over-all dignified appearance. The clothing should not attract men&#8217;s attention to the woman. It should not be shiny and flashy so that everyone notices the dress and the woman. In addition there are other requirements:</p>
<p>Women must not dress so as to appear as men.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ibn Abbas narrated: &#8216;The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the men who appear like women and the women who appear like men.'&#8221; [Bukhari]</p>
<p>Women should not dress in a way similar to the unbelievers.</p>
<p>The clothing should be modest, not excessively fancy and also not excessively ragged to gain others admiration or sympathy.</p>
<p>Often forgotten is the fact that modern Western dress is a new invention. Looking at the clothing of women as recently as seventy years ago, we see clothing similar to Hijab. These active and hard-working women of the West were not inhibited by their clothing which consisted of long, full dresses and various types of head covering. Muslim women who wear Hijab do not find it impractical or interfering with their activities in all levels and walks of life. Hijab is not merely a covering dress but more importantly, it is behavior, manners, speech and appearance in public. Dress is only one facet of the total being. The basic requirement of the Muslim woman&#8217;s dress apply to the Muslim man&#8217;s clothing with the difference being mainly in degree. Modesty requires that the area between the navel and the knee be covered in front of all people except the wife. The clothing of men should not be like the dress of women, nor should it be tight or provocative. A Muslim should dress to show his identity as a Muslim. Men are not allowed to wear gold or silk. However, both are allowed for women.</p>
<p>For both men and women, clothing requirements are not meant to be a restriction but rather a way in which society will function in a proper, Islamic manner.</p>
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<p><strong>Published Sunday, March 25, 2012 |  <a href="http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/brutal-killer-iraqi-america-left-go-back-your-country-note?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlAkhbarEnglish+%28Al+Akhbar+English%29" target="_blank">Al Akhbar</a></strong></p>
<p>The killer of an Iraqi woman brutally beaten in her southern California home left a chilling note which told her to go back to her country, US media reported on Sunday.</p>
<p>Mother of five Shaima Alawadi, 32, died after she had been taken off life support on Saturday at a hospital in San Diego County, CNN television reported.</p>
<p>Alawadi had been on life support since Wednesday when her teenage daughter found her unconscious in the living room of their home, the report said.</p>
<p>&#8220;During the initial stages of this investigation, a threatening note was discovered very close to where the victim was found,&#8221; police Lieutenant Mark Coit told the network.</p>
<p>Alawadi&#8217;s daughter said the note told the family to go back to Iraq and called them &#8220;terrorists,&#8221; CNN noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;A week ago they left a letter saying, &#8216;This is our country, not yours, you terrorists,'&#8221; the daughter, Fatima Al Himidi told CNN affiliate KGTV.</p>
<p>&#8220;So my mom ignored that, thinking (it was) kids playing around, pranking. And so the day they hurt her, they left it again and it said the same thing.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;(They) took my mother away from me &#8230; took my best friend away from me. Why?&#8221; she said in a separate interview with a San Diego TV channel.</p>
<p>The family reportedly came to the United States from Iraq in the mid-1990s.</p>
<p>The brutal killing is the latest racist attack in the United States.</p>
<p>Thousands of protesters rallied across the US on Saturday in a show of anger over the death of an African-American teenager in the state of Florida.</p>
<p>17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed on February 26 while walking in a gated community in Sanford, Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer.</p>
<p>Sanford police did not charge Zimmerman after he said he shot Martin in self-defense. A grand jury, however, will decide whether to charge Zimmerman with murder on April 10.</p>
<p><em>(Al-Akhbar, AFP)</em></p>
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