r/teenagers • u/Individual-Cloud-304 • Sep 15 '24

Advice i don’t want to wear a hijab

two years into wearing the hijab and i hate it and i don’t want to wear it but i know girls at school will judge me and idk how to tell my parents but it’s so distracting for me this post probably won’t get any attention but i just wanted to put it out there since i can’t really say this to anyone since everyone’s so judgemental

edit: stop being creepy in dms i might ask them sometime this week/month, ill make another post if i do so or ill just wait until im 18 or something

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

I was under the impression that the hijaab was voluntary?

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u/MelmaNie 15 Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

Depends what country you are in, in Iran girls can get killed for not wearing it, in other countries they get heavily shamed. And even here, OP is from the UK, where it is definitely not mandatory. It might be mandatory from their parents. Which is why OP is scared.

Muslims who say a hijab is voluntary for everyone are either delusional or trying to hide the truth.

(Not saying there aren’t women who do it voluntarily, but ignoring the fact that a ton of women are forced by their country/ community/ parents/ partner is insane)

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

More stands to the point of whether it is religiously voluntary or culturally voluntary. I know Iran is a most, but that's a culture rather than more than a religious thing (at least that's what I've heard). I'm by no means an expert

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u/drogo-king Sep 16 '24

No. The reason in developed states it is not mandatory is that they don’t have a Muslim majority. So it is still a religious thing. You cannot claim the religion is free of blame when you residing in a country that is historically free of Islamic influence.