Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Freedom of Choice

Here is a heartwarming story of little girls and "their" decisions to wear the hijabs.

“I remember when I was little, I found it weird because I was the only one who wore it so sometimes I would `forget’ it at home,” she said laughing. “Not really `forget,’ but leave it at home.”

When she grew older she wore it of her own accord and recently chose to begin covering her face as well. She said that in her experience the tension more often exists the other way around – when girls who want to wear the hijab are discouraged by their families because they fear it will make them the targets of racism.
Yeah. I bet that happens a lot.

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