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Muslima who is Cornell doctoral student claims she stopped wearing hijab “out of concern for my safety”

Feb 20, 2016 8:37 pm By Robert Spencer

If Hajer Al-Faham was really harassed for wearing the hijab, that is a shame. There is no excuse for that kind of behavior. But women wearing hijabs are a quite common sight in American cities now. As I travel and when I am at home, I see women wearing hijabs pretty much every day, in airports, on the streets, in shops, etc. No one seems to be bothering them, and they don’t seem to be moving about with the caution and fear that one might expect from people who routinely suffer harassment. Maybe all the creeps and louts fixate on Hajer Al-Faham in particular — but are there really that many racist, bigoted “Islamophobes” at Cornell University or her home town, the Leftist bastion of Everett, Washington? There are, in short, numerous reasons to be skeptical of her claims here.

Moreover, when we’re talking harassment and concern for one’s safety, what about the women who don’t wear hijab? Should Aqsa Parvez, whose Muslim father choked her to death with her hijab after she refused to wear it, have just worn the hijab out of concern for her safety? Then there is Amina Muse Ali, a Christian woman in Somalia whom Muslims murdered because she wasn’t wearing a hijab; and the 40 women who were murdered in Iraq in 2007 for not wearing the hijab; and Alya Al-Safar, whose Muslim cousin threatened to kill her and harm her family because she stopped wearing the hijab in Britain; and Amira Osman Hamid, who faces whipping in Sudan for refusing to wear the hijab; and the Egyptian girl, also named Amira, who committed suicide after being brutalized for her family for refusing to wear the hijab; and the Muslim and non-Muslim teachers at the Islamic College of South Australia who were told that they had to wear the hijab or be fired; and the women in Chechnya whom police shot with paintballs because they weren’t wearing hijab; and the women also in Chechnya who were threatened by men with automatic rifles for not wearing hijab; and the elementary school teachers in Tunisia who were threatened with death for not wearing hijab; and the Syrian schoolgirls who were forbidden to go to school unless they wore hijab; and the women in Gaza whom Hamas has forced to wear hijab; and the women in Iran who protested against the regime by daring to take off their legally-required hijab; and the women in London whom Muslim thugs threatened to murder if they didn’t wear hijab; and the anonymous young Muslim woman who doffed her hijab outside her home and started living a double life in fear of her parents, and all the other women and girls who have been killed or threatened, or who live in fear for daring not to wear the hijab.

Who is speaking against against the threats to their safety? Women who don’t wear hijab in Muslim countries are far more likely to be victims of violence than hijabis in the West. Who speaks for them?

hajer al-faham

“Why I stopped wearing the hijab,” by Hajer Al-Faham, Seattle Times, February 19, 2016 (thanks to all who sent this in):

…This year, for the first time, I felt compelled to stop wearing my hijab out of concern for my safety. In the midst of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaigns, I have experienced an unprecedented degree of anti-Muslim hostility. The statements made by Donald Trump, in particular, encouraging the shutdown of mosques and the development of a database to track Muslim Americans have direct consequences for people like me. Over the course of the past few months, Muslim women in my social circle have been assaulted, mosques and Sikh temples have been defaced and Arab Americans have faced intensified and unwarranted surveillance.

Practicing the hijab has never been easy. As the most visible symbol of Islam, the hijab occupies a provocative position in discussions of multiculturalism and tolerance in the United States. But when I wore the hijab, I was not motivated by politics, but by a desire to experience my faith on a deeper level.

Even when the challenges of being Muslim and Arab in the United States grew after 9/11, I did not succumb to the pressure to try to pass as non-Muslim and non-Arab. In fact, the prevalent ignorance of my cultural and faith background motivated me to volunteer in community-outreach activities with the hope of dispelling stereotypes.

But this year has been different. The environment that I and many other Muslims navigate has become increasingly perilous, to the extent that I and other Muslim women have to choose between our safety and our freedom of religion.

While I, setting the hijab aside, am able to pass as non-Muslim or ambiguously ethnic because of my light skin, my father, sisters and others in my community cannot. Their appearance marks them as people of color and targets for violence and discrimination.

My purpose in writing is not to encourage limitations on speech — even if that speech is designed to set apart my community. Rather, it is my hope that readers will reflect on our political climate and resist the inclination to be passive onlookers as the welfare of Muslims, immigrants, and communities of color is compromised by violence that is legitimized by racist political speech.

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  1. خَليفة says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    And what’s with that makeup and lipstick? Is she wearing that out of concern for her safety too?

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/10/muslim-girl-set-on-fire-for-wearing-lipstick

    • Jay Boo says

      Feb 20, 2016 at 9:16 pm

      Some Muslim women might not want to wear the hijab out of well deserved shame of the continuous despicable behavior fellow Muslims who act like true followers of Muhammad, but naturally they will never admit that is the reason.

      I cannot blame them for being too ashamed to wear hijab of the religion of hate.
      After all, every day Muslims commit disgrace befitting their so-called apostle of Allah the Serpent of Satan from Mecca.

    • jihad3tracker says

      Feb 20, 2016 at 9:48 pm

      ******* SHE IS ONE OF THE LYING CAIR “ISLAMOPHOBIA” CROWD. *******

      • Keys says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 3:51 pm

        @jihad3tracker
        Exactly, my first thought too – a CAIR sponsored ploy. Just like the recent phony gun range lawsuit in yesterdays JW with the photos of the CAIR lawyers. All fabrications. War is deceit.

        Also, notice not only the muslim persecution tact, but also the racism claims to stir up racial tensions. Divide and conquer.

        Pinocchio’s nose grows when he lies; when she lies her lips turn red.

        • mortimer says

          Feb 21, 2016 at 9:07 pm

          This woman is a typical Muslim. She starts lying one way and when that’s inconvenient or she gets caught lying, she’ll suddenly change her story and start lying the opposite way. Whoever works with her will recognize the lies eventually. Islam is like a lobster trap…hard to get out.

          Her only solution to getting out of Islam is to move away from her family, change her name to Mary Smith and then move two or three more times without leaving a forwarding address.

          I hope Hajer Al-Faham manages to get away from this woman-hating Death Cult and its vile lies that degrade and hurt women.

    • Lia Wissing says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 3:44 am

      No, she’s lying. But please check http://www.averagemohamed, who draws cartoons of averagemohamed and, supported by local imams, visits minneapolis schools to teach muslim children that they an represent their faith without being extreme.

    • Oppressaphobe says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 8:42 am

      Wouldn’t she be called a slut by her own?

      • mortimer says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 9:17 pm

        But…’Islam respects women’…until they need to honor kill them.

    • Ex-muslim says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 10:51 am

      Does she even know what would happen if a Christian wears their Cross in Saudi Arabia which is the country that ALL muslims have to face when their preforming their blind ritualistic ‘prayer’? She knows, but she doesn’t care because muslims have NO human empathy, NO Golden Rule…

      • Keys says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 3:58 pm

        @Ex-muslm
        Great points ! Thanks.

    • David says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 10:02 pm

      My thoughts exactly!

  2. Kathy Brown, Esq. says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    Oh boo hoo you moron you!

    I think this is a grave error of judgment. This jerk would look much, much better with a bag on her head.

    • Westman says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 12:08 am

      She might.

      I thought about this for a little while and it ocurred to me that a PhD student should be bright enough to realize that by declaring she doesn’t wear the hijab because of the undocumented “threats” would be a perfect way to avoid wearing one without suffering comments from relatives and other Muslims.

      I’m not buying it. I think she’s smarter than her Muslima friends and her Imam.

      • mortimer says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 1:05 am

        Westman’s ploy…reverse explanation to foil the Sharia police and inject some PSYCHODRAMA into it at the same time.

        Americans are so mean to Muslims…they actually dislike Muslim supremacism and misogyny. How intolerant.

        • fudge says

          Feb 21, 2016 at 6:53 am

          How many times do I have to tell people, it is not right to cover your face because deaf people need to see your face.

      • Keys says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 4:17 pm

        @Westman
        Not buying it, Westman – you’ve probably out thought her. But your idea might work – it’s risky b/c her relatives might punish her for acting un-islamic and being ashamed of her faith. That’s happened too in the islamic world. Still think there is a CAIR connection.

        She should dye her hair blond (no hijab, keep the red lips and excessive eye make-up) p, then walk in the Islamic neighborhoods of Sweden and Germany; then she’ll know what real harassment can be.

        • mortimer says

          Feb 21, 2016 at 8:45 pm

          Keys wrote: “She should (disguise herself as a kafir woman)… then walk in the Islamic neighborhoods of Sweden and Germany; then she’ll know what real harassment can be”

          Moreover, she should disguise herself as a Jewish woman and walk in the Muslim ghettoes in Belgium to find out who the REAL BIGOTS ARE!

          Muslims are PROFESSIONAL BIGOTS, but usually keep their bigotry disguised until jihad comes.

  3. PRCS says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    And let’s not forget that our Sowdi allies’ Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice thugs prevented girls from leaving a burning building:

    Saudi Religious-Police Locked 15 Girls In To Burn To Death For Not Wearing The Slave Scarf…

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dca_1239264337

    • Greyhound Fancier says

      Feb 20, 2016 at 10:15 pm

      That was exactly what I thought when I read this…those girls paid with their lives for NOT putting on hijab in an emergency, no less.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 20, 2016 at 11:05 pm

      PRCS, perversely, in the story about her I link to below, Hajer Al-Faham said that as a child she fled to freedom *in Saudi Arabia*–I kid you not.

  4. Jay Boo says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    For Safety
    Yes

    Many Muslimas not wishing to wear hijab must claim to have stopped wearing hijab “out of concern for their safety”

    This is for their safety to protect themselves from their own fathers.

    • Westman says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 12:35 am

      By Jove, I think you’ve got it!

  5. Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:06 pm

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    The ad shows a scarfed Muslimah lifting a hand barbell.

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    • mortimer says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 1:11 am

      HIJ-ab? Huh?

      Does this product have concealed compartments for plastic explosives? Is it self-martyrdom-friendly?

  6. Gary says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    I desire to experience my faith on a deeper level, yet I’m told by muslims that I’m an infidel. Perhaps if her muslim peers gave up the hate speech towards people of other faiths her “faith” might be greater received.

  7. Voytek Gagalka says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    She is concerned about her safety for not wearing hijab? I think that there is another possible explanation. She got enough of wearing that symbol of oppression but to justify somehow that move and possible reprisal coming from her imam, her mosque and from fellow Muslims, she prefers to use this rationalization instead: concern about my safety in this “islamophobic” America, so don’t blame me, don’t “honor kill” me (for not wearing it)! Mohammedan hypocrisy or she is really concerned about her safety: not from Americans, though but from her own people.

  8. Angemon says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    The statements made by Donald Trump, in particular, encouraging the shutdown of mosques and the development of a database to track Muslim Americans have direct consequences for people like me.

    Gee, do you think she has an agenda or something?…

    But when I wore the hijab, I was not motivated by politics, but by a desire to experience my faith on a deeper level.

    Uh-oh – that’s how it starts…

    • خَليفة says

      Feb 20, 2016 at 9:22 pm

      If people at her mosque are not doing anything hinky then she should not be worried.

  9. citycat says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Maybe she’s part of the PLAYING FOR TIME division of Islam, to get air/attention time till the breeding reaches critical ratio for the take over of the infidel tribe.
    The infidel tribe is large, although composed of several sub-infidel tribes.
    I guess Islam fears the idea of infidelic communality.

  10. Nathan says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    If only the world could get rid of Islam so easily!

    • Mockingjay says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 5:46 pm

      Yeah, just “harass” them a little, and they would all “submit” into being less islamic!

  11. sidney penny says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:48 pm

    Why do we not focus on this and keep repeating it.

    Their is no requirement in the religion Islam or sharia law that requires Muslim women to wear the hijab (or the niqab or burkha)

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/08/australia-muslim-university-research-explains-that-theres-nothing-islamic-about-beheading-women-have-equal-rights-in-islam

    “In terms of covering women’s bodies, she said that this came from the Koran, which talks about women being modest.

    “The idea is that you cover your modesty but what’s interpreted as modesty is different, some cover their hair with a hijab, some extend that to their face and hands,” Dr Aly said.

    “Others have the more modern look and wear tight clothes and tight jeans and wear a scarf over their head,” she said.

    “Some think modesty is more about your demeanour and that’s how I interpret it.

    “I don’t wear it,” she said (Dr Aly is a Muslim).

    She said she has often been told that she “can’t be a Muslim”.

    “They say: ‘you can’t be a Muslim, you don’t believe in subjugation’ or ‘if you were a Muslim you would wear a head scarf’” which she described as a narrow minded way of thinking.”

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/09/australia-muslim-prof-claims-she-got-hate-mail-after-her-deceptions-exposed

    Moreover, when we’re talking harassment and concern for one’s safety, what about the women who don’t wear hijab? Dr Aly is a an example as is Aqsa Parvez and many others mentioned by Robert Spencer.

  12. Stephen says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:53 pm

    Islam is terrorised n put fear n by force which mentioned in the Coran

    Mohamed saw Allah with Fears.

    Allah was called itself as allah only worship me but Not God that mentioned in the Coran.

  13. Rita says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    I’m offended by that exhibitionist, wanna-be-muslima-victim – BECAUSE she really takes people for idiots: At least she could make her anti-republican anti-Kuffar propaganda a little more subtle, or intelligent. Dont be so bloody obvious, lady, but then, you probably cannot help it. Go to one of the 50 + islamic countries who not only will let you wear female containment unit, but oblige you to do it, and you will make ME feel safer. Good bye !

    • Noel says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 1:14 pm

      Excellent. That’s what I was thinking, but you said it better.

  14. abad says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    What’s with the girl anime? LMAO

  15. Mo says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    I couldn’t find direct contact information for her, so I used the Contact Form. Copied/pasted:

    Regarding your Opinion piece:

    “Why I stopped wearing the hijab”

    http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/why-i-stopped-wearing-the-hijab/?hl=1&noRedirect=1

    The author, Ms. Hajer Al-Faham makes the following statement:

    “Muslim women in my social circle have been assaulted, mosques and Sikh temples have been defaced and Arab Americans have faced intensified and unwarranted surveillance.”

    Those are some very serious accusations to be making in public. Where is the evidence for them?

    [My full name]

    We need to speak out every single time this happens.

  16. gravenimage says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 11:02 pm

    Muslima who is Cornell doctoral student claims she stopped wearing hijab “out of concern for my safety”
    ……………………

    What rot. I’ve never seen anyone harass anyone or even react negatively around a Hijab. As noted, this would be particularly unlikely in the liberal bastions where she lives and goes to school.

    All this is intended to do is to advance the false Muslim victim narrative.

    Meanwhile, of course, Infidels are actually being mass murdered by her own coreligionists. No condemnation of that from her.

    Here’s Hajer Al-Faham whining about 9/11–not the Jihad atrocity, of course, but the concerns of ‘filthy Infidels’:

    “Against All Odds”

    https://www.seattleu.edu/magazine/story.aspx?id=76526

    “Post-SU, Al-Faham plans to pursue a teaching career to educate and debunk myths about Islam.”

    In other words, this story is just more Taqiyya.

  17. Ciudadano says

    Feb 20, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    Islamophobia is the new witch-hunting

  18. Expat88 says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:23 am

    If it is so bad, then why is she still living here? And why do so many other of her co-religionists still keep moving here? Her arguments are bogus. The Religion of Continual Outrage.

  19. Aida says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:32 am

    She is just being naughty, making excuses and lying so her own father won’t kill her, she is trying to make americans and Cornell classmates look bad with her false accusations, shame on her

  20. mortimer says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:48 am

    She has more to fear from members of her family if she abandons Islam. They will honor-kill her.

    Muslims really don’t get it…they should really go ahead by stealth. By inviting Westerners to look into the Islamic scarf issue, they are causing us to learn about Koran 33.59.

    Koran 33.59 says the purpose of the veil is to be identified as Muslims and thus prevent being raped. So who is doing the raping in this verse? Which group of men are under orders not to rape Muslim women?

  21. Georg says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:50 am

    Somebody didn’t want to wear the hijab and took the easy route by blaming it on Whitey. Kill two birds… How does she think we feel when she wears her jersey, er hijab, celebrating a book dedicated to our damnation?

  22. mortimer says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:54 am

    She ends her confusing speech with the word ‘racist’. That’s a nice touch, but when did ISLAM become a race?

    Is she saying that ARABS are the master race of the master religion?

    I wonder how she explains Koran 33.59. Does the verse justify rape of unveiled women?

    Does she agree that unveiled women ‘have it coming to them’ as Koran 33.59 suggests? Which men are doing the raping in Koran 33.59?

  23. Annak says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 3:54 am

    Well she wears a lot of make-up considering she is still young , so most likely there is a vanity issue somewhere ? And she is exploiting every avenue she can for even more attention? Most Muslims male and female seem to have narcisstic issues .
    After centuries of practice, firmly embedded in their DNA

  24. Charli Main says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 4:44 am

    Notice how she craftily brings Sikhs into her rant ??? Those nasty white racists are not only attacking us Muslims but anyone of ” colour”.
    Another pathetic attempt to portray the war against Islam as a race war.

  25. Truth Facer says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 6:52 am

    I was at a park in Hyderabad, India when I saw a lot of women in hijabs and black gowns or whatever you call them and I got the feeling that the park was probably dangerous. Sure enough I found out later that there had been multiple terrorist attacks at that park. The numerous women with hijabs are a warning of things to come.

  26. Jack Holan says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 8:08 am

    She must be in GREAT FEAR from Family and the Kaffur especIally if she goes public with her real name and identifiers!

  27. Stan says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 8:23 am

    I do not understand why people who write about muslims always capitalize the word. Is due to respect for members of the Religion of Peace?

    • Mo says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 1:40 pm

      @ Stan

      “I do not understand why people who write about muslims always capitalize the word. Is due to respect for members of the Religion of Peace?”

      It’s called using proper grammar. Let’s not be silly.

      • mortimer says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 9:27 pm

        Stan, If English were your mother tongue, you would know that we capitalize all religious epithets: Greek Orthodox, Shi’ite, Baptist, Bahai, Jewish, Christian, but not always ‘pagan’. It is a convention.

  28. Oppressaphobe says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 8:46 am

    That’s really strange that she says she was harassed because Ithica, my hometown area, has always been known as a very liberal place.

    And Cornell is one of those wanna-be liberal schools that would like to set the tone for everyone else.

    I just don’t believe a word she says. She looks like a pathalogical liar.

  29. JawsV says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 8:52 am

    I couldn’t care less about Mohammedans and their female counterparts. If this Muslima thinks I should give one hang about her “harassment” she’s seriously delusional. The whole tribe of Allah-worshippers can go jump in the nearest lake.

  30. mortimer says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 9:21 am

    Islam’s Canonical Abuse of Women and Gendercide

    Source texts:

    K.4.13 ‘confine them to their houses till death overtakes them or till Allah find another way for them.’
    K.4:89 ‘But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever you find them’
    Tabari IX:113 “Allah permits you to shut them in separate rooms and to beat them, but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Qur’an.”

    Koran 4:15 “If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four witnesses from amongst you against them; if they testify, confine them to houses until death [by starvation] claims them.”

    K.4.34. Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband’s) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them, refuse to share their beds, beat them; but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means (further punishment): for Allah is Most High, Great.

    (note: ‘seek not (further) means actually suggests that further means…i.e. honor killing…are possible)

  31. DaveE says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 9:30 am

    Another student at an “elite” college playing the victim game. I’m thinking “Isamophobia” translates from politically correct-speak to people “noticing” her hijab. A German in lederhosen would also get some double takes but can’t whine about his victim status if people notice his unusual clothing. I’m sick of whining college students who prefer crying and tantrums to engaging their intellect (assuming Leftist brainwashing hasn’t scrubbed it all away to maximize room for slogans and mindless political correctness).

  32. Herman says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 9:30 am

    “harassed?” says who?
    That mozlima liar probably…
    Why is that a shame?
    If you think that you can show the world that ‘your religion’ calls for killing infidels, for paedophilia, rape and robbery of me, an infidel…
    If you think that you can show the world you are a piece of garbage (is what women are under islam rule)
    then I have the right to show you my contempt…
    And if you think that is harassment, that is too bad.. you deserve it!

  33. mortimer says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 9:31 am

    Mickey O wrote: “The hijab is not a religious requirement”

    It is commanded by Allah in K.33.59. Look it up, Mick.

    Also look up the hadith that ‘brought down’ the revelation of this verse to Mohammed. It seems Omar asked Mohammed to receive this verse because someone was saying what you said, “The hijab is not a religious requirement”.

    The veil is a ‘religious requirement’ since K.33.59 says it is, and the purpose of the veil is SO MUSLIM WOMEN WILL NOT BE MISTAKEN AS KAFIRS AND ABUSED (i.e. raped) BY MUSLIM MALES.

    Revolting…but true. Allah gives his tacit approval of rape as a PUNISHMENT for not wearing the veil.

  34. mortimer says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 9:44 am

    PROJECTION: Psychological projection is the act or technique of defending yourself against unpleasant, immature or neurotic impulses by denying their existence in oneself, while attributing them to others. For example, a person who is rude may accuse other people of being rude. Muslim apologists attribute to ‘others’ all the immoral traits they find reprehensible in Islam.

    Hajer al-Faham writes: “… that speech is designed to set apart my community”

    Lessee…’set apart’…oh, yeah…a doctrine called ‘AL WALAA WAL BARAA’ … disassociation from the dirty kafirs!

    What Islam actually teaches about SETTING APART DIRTY KAFIRS:
    Koran 28:86 “Do not support the kafireen in any way.”
    Koran 5.51 “He amongst you who turns to them (for friendship) is of them.”
    Koran 40:35 “They who dispute the signs (verses) of Allah without authority having reached them are greatly hated by Allah and the believers.” (Note: not just “hated”, but “greatly hated”.)
    Koran 48:29: “Muhammad is God’s apostle. Those who follow him are violent to the unbelievers, but compassionate to one another.”
    Koran 4: 101 “The kuffar are for you a clear enemy.”
    Koran 8:60 “Terrorize the enemy of Allah and your enemy”
    Koran 60:4 “We have rejected you, and there has arisen between us and you enmity and hatred, until you believe and worship Allaah alone.”
    Koran 3: 118 “O you who believe! Do not take into your intimacy those outside your ranks. They will not fail to corrupt you.”
    Examples of al-Baraa from historic figures:

    -from Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624): “The honour of Islam lies in insulting kufr and kafirs. One who respects the kafirs dishonours the Muslims… The real purpose of levying jiziya on them is to humiliate them to such an extent that they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain terrified and trembling. It is intended to hold them under contempt and to uphold the honour and might of Islam.”

    -from ibn Taymiyya, “Book of Emaan”: “… true believers show animosity and hatred towards disbelievers and never support them.”

    -from Umar Sulayman ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ashqar, “Belief in Allah”: “The Muslim should regard the Kuffaar as enemies and hate them because of their kufr, just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself.”

    -from “The Islaamic Concept of al-Walaa’ wal-Baraa’” by Khalid El-Gharib: …“[iv] to show enmity to those who show enmity to Allaah and His Messenger”
    (Note: Muslims are to visibly demonstrate their enmity or hatred towards the kufaar)

    -from a lecture given by Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal (H.A.): “The implication of al-Baraa is that one hates for the sake of Allah (SWT)…Al-Baraa means to recognize who your enemies are and to hate them and exterminate them in their Endeavour to get rid of your Deen, al-Islam…Al-Baraa is to hate the people who propagate Baatil (falsehood)—the Muslim should hate them and (at least desire to) kill them when the time comes.”

    I guess that Hajer al-Faham ‘forgot’ that Islam teaches hatred of the dirty kafirs…I guess you could say Islam tells Muslims to ‘SET APART’ people of other religions…then KILL THEM. What she is doing is PROJECTION.

    Got that, everybody?

    • Keys says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 5:20 pm

      @Mortimer
      Thanks, Mortimer. I don’t know the sources like you do, and never will.
      I appreciate knowing where in the texts all these islamic practices come from.
      Someimes I save them for reference for those who might think some of these things are un-islamic.
      You, and a few others on JW, are much appreciated for providing them.

      • mortimer says

        Feb 21, 2016 at 8:58 pm

        To Keys: Keep reading. Keep looking it up. Become informed. Discuss then look up more answers to questions.

        The more you learn, the more your brain will fire off the answers. Then you’ll be ready to take down Muslims in debate. You must learn their dodges to do that and predict what they’ll say next. Usually, they lie, so you must know their books better than they do. They start with lies and end with lies. Islam is all lies.

  35. georgina trump says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 10:31 am

    I hope she has been circumcised in line with her Islamic tradition as nobody is going to harrash her for that 🙂

  36. red rose says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 10:46 am

    I love how she stopped wearing that sh*t on her head, but yet she has full blown makeup and hairstyle, making her look sexy. Hmm, sounds like this was an excuse to stop wearing that crap. lol

    • Keys says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 5:45 pm

      @red rose
      Great point. Removing her Hijab has nothing to do with her religious modesty or fear.
      If she feared her family punishing her, she would not have worn heavy make-up, etc.

      It’s to promote Islamophobia hysteria and racism in this horribly oppressive country.

  37. isntlam says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 11:58 am

    She’s pretty smart. This is the type of conduct that will lead to a professorship and tenure in today’s university political climate.

    • Keys says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 5:07 pm

      @isn’tlam
      Right. She could be part of the Department Of Gender Studies (DOGS).

    • maghan says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 5:20 pm

      From where? The average Saudi/Kuwait IQ is 80. That of Iran/Iraq/Syria hovers around 82. So what is this so-called doctorate all about? She made a fool of herself with that childish and frivolous article planted in some PC news tabloid.

  38. DaveJ says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 12:13 pm

    Quick, put a bag over her head or I’m going to have a sexual emergency.

    She is just as honest as Clock Boy was.

    • Keys says

      Feb 21, 2016 at 5:01 pm

      @DaveJ
      LOL.
      I remember where “sexual emergency” came from; so sarcastic, Dave!

      And come to think of it didn’t clock boy have CAIR connections?

  39. Tilly says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 1:17 pm

    Wearing the sign of oppression is a sign of madness or you are being oppressed. Don’t lie to us for not wearing the sign of oppression because of your fear of being killed by your Father or Mother, brother etc.

  40. K. says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 2:09 pm

    Good. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

  41. Marcieann says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 2:20 pm

    Most likely she didn’t want to wear it and is using this “safety” excuse to get out of obeying her family’s edict. She should be more afraid of her relatives, however. As many “faithful” Muslims have done, they just may take things into their own hands and give her a lesson in obedience to their god.

  42. JawsV says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 2:25 pm

    For “safety” we have to stop letting Mohammedans into our country. Bravo Donald – you are right.

  43. salim says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    There are Muslim women who just don’t want to wear hijab, the only way to justify removing it is to claim they don’t feel secure wearing it.
    Any excuse to remove the hijab.

  44. Richard says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    “But when I wore the hijab, I was not motivated by politics, but by a desire to experience my faith on a deeper level.”

    Well if she wants to “experience her faith on a deeper level” then:

    She must keep her eyes lowered in the presence of men and her hands over her crotch and breasts as she walks, Quran (24:31) – “And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts …,..”, and

    She must be as a tilth unto her husband who must be allowed to “go into his tilth” whenever and however he wills, Quran (2:223) -“Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth, when or how you will,..” and

    She must be prepared to be beaten if she is rebellious. Quran (4:34) “…And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them…” and

    She must accept it if her husband wants 3 more wives and any number of concubines.

    She must be prepared to be divorced by her husband by him saying “Talaaq” 3 times

    She must accept that “Quran (2:228) – “,, men are a degree above them [women]”

  45. Hope says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    Well, this woman got what she wanted: her story in the newspaper. Oh, please lady, get over yourself. I was out doing errands just a few hours ago and I saw THREE Muslim chicks wearing hijab. Everyone was either ignoring them or else being pleasant toward them. Americans simply don’t care if you wear that stupid thing on your head or not. We have bigger fish to fry when it comes to dealing with you folks. This “Islamofauxbia” BS has got to stop. It’s very boring and tiresome at this point.

  46. Mockingjay says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 5:19 pm

    So here we go again: being “harrassed” (whatever this harrassment/hostility specifically entails she doesn’t elaborate on, which is in itself quite suspicious – it could be she means just a remark someone made, and that maybe she’s just very sensitive to those kind of remarks) – because of showing to everyone you’re a muslim through wearing a scarf that completely covers your hair equals “discrimination against people of colour”. Wow. What total nonsense. Íts actually like this my dear: the “hostility” you get from people is because they perceive muslims as dangerous, and they actually have some very good reasons for that perception, you know.

  47. Kingsley Beattie says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 5:48 pm

    The lady’s insistence that the problem is racism is ridiculous.It is obvious that every “race” on earth has members in the Islamic Umma. We Kuffar, the dirty despised infidels with whom orthodox Muslims may not be “true” friends, as per Koran 5:51 and other commands from Allah and Mohammad, are the victims of the 7th Century tribal barbarism.

  48. Islam :- the religion of con artists says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 5:57 pm

    Being a pretty & sexy 20 something single girl is very hard work when you are showing the flag of danger, if you are visually warning boys, asking you on a date, the pretty muslima and her family will make your life hell …
    There are many many other (hassle free) girls out there for boys to chase,

    I expect in order to disguise the real adgenda this girl is forcing herself to listen to music, wear makeup, sexy clothes, go to nightclubs all under the excuse of safety ….
    I’m wondering if she obtains the mosque 5 times a day … ?

    This is all smoke and mirrors to get herself noticed and to appease the idiots in her family …

  49. awake says

    Feb 21, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    Her nonsensical ‘Islamophobia” ramblings aside, this decision of hers would certainly proof true in any Muslim majority country.

  50. Carolyne says

    Feb 22, 2016 at 12:44 am

    That sure is a lot of makeup for any girl to wear. I’d say more people would notice its excess than would notice a headscarf. Some might even take her to be a hooker.

    • Kathy Brown, Esq. says

      Feb 22, 2016 at 1:35 am

      Hahahahahahahahahahaha Carolyne! You’re so right-she’s laid it on with a trowel apparently…

      And you know what’s sad? If she WERE a prostitute instead of a clitoridectomized muslima, she’d have a better life and even better sex.

      Which is by way of saying, it’s better to be anything else in this whole wide world, than a practitioner of the Religion of Peace.

  51. ICH says

    Feb 22, 2016 at 6:44 am

    Looking like a porn star may get you beheaded so
    I wouldnt worry about someone saying nasty things cos you
    look like a penguin.
    Or is that the “other” outfit of choice.

    I have to brush up on my language of nonsense
    and throat clearing.

  52. Stephanie says

    Feb 22, 2016 at 10:35 am

    She says, “Practicing the hijab has never been easy. As the most visible symbol of Islam, the hijab occupies a provocative position in discussions of multiculturalism and tolerance in the United States.”

    A provocative position….um, yeah, maybe because us non-Muslim women who do not wear a relgious garb meant for Muslim females are, in fact, being pointed out as the “non-protected” woman, compared to you being the protected Muslim woman.

    That’s all hijab is, or has at least become, in 2016. To tell Muslim men; YOUR men, your husbands, your brothers and your sons, who is a non-protected infidel “whore” and fair game for sexually molesting, spitting on or beating up, or as, in Iraq and Syria up for grabs as a sex-slave! REAL LIFE!

    So, maybe instead of not wearing hijab “out of safety reasons” (which is bullshit, what, did ya get a suspicious look? There’s a reason for that dumbass!) you should not wear it out of a moral obligation to not participate in a system of belief where one woman is protected and another is not and is therefore available to rape and enslave as a reward!

    Can’t believe these people like her. It’s not complicated, she just seems to wish to make it so, or she’s confused herself about her own “way of life”.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 22, 2016 at 12:29 pm

      Stephanie wrote: “she’s confused herself about her own “way of life”.

      Yes. Hajer Al-Faham doesn’t know that the veil is a sign of female submission to the alpha male in her clan. It is not about worship for Allah. The Islamic veil is intended to protect women from being raped by jihadists.

      By wearing the veil, Muslim women are endorsing, agreeing with and approving Islam’s rape culture.

  53. gleaner1 says

    Feb 22, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    I know Robert has a public position to protect, but for us muddy troops in the trenches, fearing for the safety from assault of our daughters and sons, I think harassing head bag wearing Muslim “women” is perfectly fine, after all, they moved to Rome so to speak did they not, of their own volition?

    If tugging the headbag is to be forbidden to reasonable people pissed off by ever more strident Muslim demands and ever more horrible Islamic urban terrorism, what’s left – hot lead?

    • Dr. U.B. says

      Mar 8, 2016 at 6:55 pm

      Hello Cutie Pie,
      You can wear your Hijab at my place any time as you wish!!
      If you are a good Muslim woman I’ll be interested in a religious wedding option?
      I am also a Ph. D from Cornell.
      Dr. U. B.

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