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“The truth is that the traditional image of the veiled Muslim woman as sheltered and docile sexual property of her husband is just as misleading and simpleminded as the postmodernist image of the veil as the emblem of female freedom and empowerment from Western cultural hegemony. The veil may be neither or both of these things, but that is solely up to Muslim women to decide for themselves. Whatever sartorial choices a woman makes are hers and hers alone. It is neither a man\u2019s nor the state\u2019s place to define proper \u201cwomanhood\u201d in Islam. Those who treat the Muslim woman not as an individual but as a symbol either of Islamic chastity or secular liberalism are guilty of the same sin: the objectification of women.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Quote by Reza Aslan, in his book No God but God<\/em><\/a>. I’m guilty of the same thing<\/a> myself, but then again technically so is he! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The truth is that the traditional image of the veiled Muslim woman as sheltered and docile sexual property of her husband is just as misleading and simpleminded as the postmodernist image of the veil as the emblem of female freedom and empowerment from Western cultural hegemony. 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