Aflevering 1
Summary of the text “The many faces behind the veil”
The text “The many faces behind the wheel” are written by Arifa Akbar and Jerome Taylor. The text concerns about a Muslim woman who wears a veil/hijab. They wear it to break free of society.
Rahmanara Chowdhury age 29, is one of these women who wear the veil. Rahmanara lives with a family with seven daugthers. All of Rahmanara’s sisters wear the hijab, but none of them were forced to wear it. Rahmarana didn't wear the hijab until her teenage years. But when she did, her father accepts it, in a very special way. “He just stood there watching me, but he never said anything, he just accepted it there and then.”1 Rahmanara feels comfortable while wearing the hijab, she feels like nobody can stop her. Rahmanara and her sisters respect each other’s choice about wearing the hijab. Rahmanara’s opinion about people, who doesn’t wear the hijab is liberal. She does this for her God and not for people.
An outline:
In the following text I have to give an outline of the various attitudes to wearing the veil in three texts.
The first text “I want to unveil my views on an important issue” brings out that Jack Straw interviews a Muslim lady who wears a Niqab. She covers all of her face in clothes, except the eyes. Jack isn’t comfortable with interviewing these women, because he can’t talk to her “face to face”. But Jack does respects muslims choices on wearing Niqabs and other headwearings. Since they don’t break any law.
The second text “The many faces behind the wheel” says that the veils and other Muslim headwearings are an opportunity to break loose from society. One of these Muslims is Rahmanara Chowhury who's 29. She wears a veil, so does her seven sisters. She feels happy and comfortable while wearing a veil, and not afraid of the public opinion. She has a liberal opinion about people who doesn’t wear any Muslim headwearings. She only does this for her God and no one else.
The third text “Muslim School girls show that faith and fashion are not incompatible” doesn’t discuss so much about values. It is about a Muslim girl called Sophia Tillie who is 29 and converted to Islam. Sophia runs a fashion project called “faith and fashion” The reason why she runs this project is to combine the modest fashion with the more traditional ways.
The comment on the text:
People say the veil is a Tool of oppression, but I've found it a Tool of empowerment. It gave me the freedom to be who I want to be..."
Personally, I can understand why these women want to use this as a Tool of empowerment. Must be nice to never get sentenced by ones looks. It must be nice for Rahmanara she can’t ruin her confident because she is not afraid of wearing a Niqab in public. But wow do I feel pity for those who is forced by their parents to wear a muslimhearwaring. Because if someone wanted to let the world see who they truly are, then let them. It should be their choice. Well, in my opinion, it shou
The article:
“The freedom to dress as you please”
Last week, Wednesday I interviewed our pricipel Mr.Hansen. I asked him about if there where any rights to wear what every we wanted to school. He ofcourse replied “Yes you can. Even though if it’s a political opinion, that’s on your shirt, or if is a religious scarf or a kippa. Because here in Denmark we have a law that gives us the right to express yourself.” And then asked our principle about if we always had had our right to dress as we wanted. He then said that he recalled that it was in the 1980s that we get the right. But he wasn’t sure, so he couldn’t confirm the information. I then asked him if it was a problem for the Muslim students to participate in lectures because of their religious wearing. He then replied “No, not a single student had been troubled with that problem yet. I mean if a student in a Niqab should participate in PE lessons. It would be difficult don’t you think? I didn’t reply Mr. Hansen but asked him instead of what the menu for the cafeteria lunch next morning. It’s Taco Tuesday.
