Shia Strength: [MahdiUniteMuslims] Anti-Hijab Situation in Pakistan

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Sister 1:

Assalaamu 'Alaikum.

I live in Pakistan, a Muslim country. But I've no idea why it calls itself the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It has no right to do so. I study in a Muslim school that is totally against Hijaab! It's even against the growing of beards! Girls are not allowed to wear shalwars till they reach grade 7, which means they have to roam around in naked legs till the age of 12 or 13! I tell you, it's a pathetic condition. If anyone's a lawyer here, please help me in closing this school down! (And I'm not kidding)

I can't. That's the whole problem. You know my father passed away four years ago, right? So he was obviously the source of financial strength for my mom. After his death, my mom can't afford a new school.

Secondly, there were only one and a half years left since the day this incident took place. So my mom was like, "You'll be leaving this school soon...(etc.)" And so I've been facing this torture ever since.

And you know what, Ukhtee Muhajabah, my school has the most pathetic uniform ever! I mean, you just won't believe it! You'll cry your heart out when you hear about the width of the dupatta and the tightness of the kurta. And the material is very thin; not transparent (otherwise I would've pushed my principal into the battlefield), but quite thin. And the dupatta doesn't cover anything! It's a miserable strip of cloth! She (principal) has these stupid rules like 'the dupatta should not go beyond the chest'! It seems that this is really a RULE of the school, because once my dupatta was hanging a little below my chest...no, I think it was ON my chest; and you know what the principal's daughter (head teacher) did? She grabbed one of the ends from the back and pulled it so as to make my dupatta reach almost my neck!

You know, this school is really going to suffer the Wrath of the Almighty if it doesn't mend its ways soon. I mean, if this were happening in France, then it wouldn't be such a big issue; but this is a MUSLIM country. I even feel disgusted to sing the national anthem in the assembly. This Hijaab issue is one of the reasons why I'm so miserable in school.

I wasn't in the habit of wearing the Hijaab until last year (December). I'd been thinking about Hijaab since June, but I didn't have the courage to wear it, until December. So I went to my school one day with a scarf on my head; only a scarf!! Not even covering my arms or neck, but only my head! Girls were staring at me from everywhere in the assembly. Alhamdulillah, I managed to carry on with the courage. When I reached my classroom, my chemistry teacher (a Muslim of course) made me stand up after we'd been seated. And you know what she asked me? "Did you take the Principal's permission for this?" And I was shocked! I was dumbstruck! I couldn't say anything except a lousy "No". I mean, did she mean that I had to take permission for prayer, fasting and other pillars of Islam too?!!

So anyway, I had no choice but to go to the principal. She wasn't there, but her daughter was, who is the head teacher of the school, and who comes next to the principal where authority is concerned. So I entered her office, and I went like, "The chemistry teacher isn't allowing me to enter her class unless I have your permission." And you know what she said? O my God! The words she uttered are so obscene that I don't wanna repeat them. But I'll say it anyway. She said, after a couple of seconds, "Has any male teacher touched you (that you're wearing this)?"!!! Can you believe it?!! She was out of her mind that day! Since that very moment, I began to cry (and I kept on crying CONTINUOUSLY for two and a half hours!) You've no idea what she said further. And she just went on with her nonsense talk. I don't wanna say it.

But anyway, if I am to tell you the rest of the story in a nutshell, I had to go through the principal's lecture after that (God! That woman really has some non-sensical logic): "you don't need to wear your iman on your head, you need to wear it in your heart" as you said. And then I had to go through the principal's daughter (the second one) and her non-sensical logic. You've no idea the kind of remarks they (principal and daughters) made! All kinds of sick and gross remarks that I don't wanna say.

And I even got to know that there were many teachers who weren't allowed to wear the Hijaab as well. One of them shared her problem with me; and the rest of the teachers who didn't wear the Hijaab, their remarks and comments were so discouraging! Since then, I began to feel disgusted in singing the national anthem, and I've stopped singing it completely since a few months. The next day after that horrible day, I stopped wearing the Hijaab. My mother even wrote a letter to them, telling them to reconsider. But they were bent on their stubborn behaviour. And let me tell you something: These people aren't bad from the heart; they believe in manners and discipline and morality. But unfortunately, this morality is above the real Islam for them, cuz they think that all Islam tells you to do is to keep your heart pure and clean. So they wrote a letter to my mother in response, with all the manners and loving kindness they could get/find in themselves. And guess what? When I told my mother that I was going to sue this school, after she had read the letter, she said, "No. it's going to be betrayal on our part." Ever since, she's been against suing the school. They sort'a hypnotised her or something. Actually, my mother too is the kind of person who believes in a "pure heart" first, and then everything else. So that's why I guess she's telling me to let them go.

Your story was quite depressing, Muhajabah. It refreshed my wounds. I pray that the Almighty helps you out in all the good deeds that you wanna carry out, and all the other girls like me as well, in whatever corner of the world they may be. Aameen Yaa Rabb-al-'Aalameen!

Sister 2:

when I was almost 12 years old, I converted to Islam, but since I didn't have much knowledge about Islam, I still dressed like kufur. I wore short pants... kay. about a year later, I started wearing long shirts under my uniform shirt and long pants. Then I wore higher necked shirts. The next year, randomly in the middle of the year, I decided that I was going to wear hijab, but my mother stopped me. this happened multiple times, because she drove me to school. One day, she decided to let me wear it, but when I got to my class, well, first of all, I sat in my chair like usual, but the teacher was like, "go into the hallway and I'll come talk to you." She ended up telling me that I was not going to wear 'that thing' in her classroom and that it was against dress code. She sent me to see the principal, who, without much discussion, decided that I should sit in the office everyday all day long until I decide to "dress properly. "The worst part was that I wasn't the only muslima there, and everyone else wore hijab, I just wasn't allowed to and the teacher told me that it was because I was white, and that white people aren't Muslims. So I sat in the office all day, occasionally reading my Qur'an - mainly for support.

At the end of the day, some Muslim aunties came up to me - I was crying because of the injustice done to me - they told me that I shouldn't wear hijab, and all this unrelated stuff like "you don't need to wear your iman on your head, you need to wear it in your heart" the worst part was that they wore hijab, but they had only been wearing it for a couple of years, so this made it even worse for me. I had not only the faculty yelling at me, but aunties were yelling at me to. I still need to figure out how to forgive them. I forgave one of them, but not the other one. It's really hard, especially since I went to that aunties house (the one that I haven't forgiven yet) and she was telling me how she can find American clothes that still cover. It was really weird. I think she was trying to prove a point or something, but I'm not sure what it was, because I was wearing American clothes too, but I might have been wearing a skirt or something... but my other problem is that her daughter swims for our school, and I think she probably encourages it - So she lets her daughter wear almost nothing in public when she is swimming, and everybody can see her - even males. Her swimming coach is male. It angers me.

anyways, the next day of school, I didn't wear hijab, just like they wanted, but I deeply regret it now. The year after that, I was at a new school, but I was afraid to wear hijab there too. after ramadhan, I decided I would wear it, so I did. some of the people were making jokes behind my back, I didn't know what to tell them, there were other Muslims in my classes, and I didn't know what to say. I didn't want to say anything that I would regret, and I kinda thought they would stick up for me, but they didn't really. My mom picked me up from school that day, and she yelled at me the whole way home, and was snatching at me head. I cried the whole way home. I didn't wear it to school the next day. The year after, I decided to wear it again, but I decided to go into it slowly. I wore a dupatta around my neck and a small scarf on my head, that covered only my hair and ears. A week later I wore hijab to school, and alhamduillah, I've worn it to school every day since then, but I still need the courage to wear it around my family. please pray for me.

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