All the letters this month are in response to Umm A’tika's letter about the Muslim veil (or niqaab) published in our November edition. See Under the veil.
Note: Umm A’tika responds again in the February 2007 letters page.
Dear Messenger...
- Heart more important than what is on the outside
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Thank you for printing the well written and informative letter from Umm A’tika on the wearing of the niqaab. However, there are cultural matters which this raises for me. As ever, it is difficult to separate some of these…
- Out from Under the Veil
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In this society, in this country, there is a very long history of struggle – Parliamentary and extra-Parliamentary – to achieve real social, economic and political gains, in all aspects of life, at work and in the home. Struggles to attain rights specifically for women are part of this long history…
- Opposition to the veil – the fear within us
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What do we find so offensive about the face veil? Why do people need to show their face to have an identity? Isn’t wearing the veil enough of an identity? And whose identity are we conforming to? Is it to be white? Is it to be Christian? If you are offended by the veil, ask yourselves why? Many women who wear the veil do so because they choose to rather than because of oppression…
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