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wealth, appearance or anything else. Hence,
keep it simple. Another aspect of a modest hijab
whenever anyone asks me if I am concerned
that especially men are expected to observe is
about ever finding someone who will love me
to act and behave modestly. This should be done
with a hijab, or if I feel ugly dressing like this,
by respecting women, not objectifying them
I confidently say no. The only time I would be
or judging them based on their appearance,
worriedaboutbeinguglyiswhenmyheartis.
and instead valuing them for their character, as
I do not want to be remembered for superficial
opposed to their body. It is no secret that females
criteria like my appearance. It does matter to
areusedasvisualstimuliforadvertisementsmore
a certain extent when finding a partner, but it
often than males. It is perfectly normal to find
shouldnotbethefirstthingthatcomestopeople¡¯s
commercials advertising cars with half-naked
minds when thinking about me. People tend to
women, which then tempt men to buy or desire
obsessoveritliketheirlifedependsonit.Alotof
them. In Islam we believe these visual triggers,
beauty and fashion
suchasanattractive
industries try to
appearance, should
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tell their target
not be the first
Ayyildiz/The
group that they
aspect we look
have to buy their
for in another
productsinorderto
person. With our
Berna
be successful and
modest clothing
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acceptedbysociety,
and behavior, we
but why? Trends
Muslims want to
come and go,
focus on what truly
people¡¯s opinions
makes a human
change, and we are
valuable, which are
expected to just
aperson¡¯scharacter
go with the flow,
traits.
withoutquestioning
As a Muslim
it. In this process,
woman, I am
many people lose
supposed to be
themselves and
well-groomed, and
obsess over things,
thus take care of
which were never
my appearance, but
meanttobeeternal,
guard it from the
such as external beauty. Thus, the beauty I am
public and just show it to those that are allowed
encouraged to take care of the most is the one in
and worthy of seeing it. It is not meant for public
my heart, attained through good deeds, since I
satisfaction;thatiswhytheonlythingthatshould
believe that they are the only thing I am going to
matteriswhatisinmyheartandnotwhatisonmy
takewithmeontheotherside.Thisdoesnotmean
headorbody.Theconceptofhijabhasshiftedmy
thatapersonwhowearsaveilautomaticallyhasa
perspective on what truly makes me a beautiful
betterheartthansomeonewhodoesnot.However,
person, and for that I am thankful. Besides, if the
our society is prone to distract us with many
arrogantprincein¡°TheBeautyandtheBeast¡±had
trendsandnotgivingintothemcanbebeneficial.
taken care of his internal beauty, he would have
Furthermore, against many misconceptions,
never been turned into a beast in the first place.
the Islamic concept of hijab also includes males,
His repulsive looks merely reflected what was in
but in a different way. They are encouraged, as
hisheart.
well, not to flaunt visually attractive traits and
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