Note: this is an objective entry and that means this may or may not be my perspective (a perspective that is none of your business). By posting this particular perspective, I am not extending your way the right to speak about either my state of iman or my personal perspective.

This is meant as merely food for thought and contemplation, and to help us all become aware of the different sides of the argument, so that we may then accept the conclusions most rational to us. It was sent to me by an Al-Azhar University graduate who frequents this blog and who read the ass-hatery re hijab in the comments of the post titled Tell me about Ramadan.

It is in Arabic and so only accessible to those of you who can read and understand Arabic (sorry!).

To you non Muslims who live here – Although you can not read the Arabic, I would like for you to take the following away from this entry: As Muslims, we are required to read / investigate / consider / and then choose (that which is most logical to us) of the varying scholarly opionions presented on issues such as this one. We are never to follow blindly – and the choices we make to bring things in to / expel them from our lives is in fact one based on the idea of open discussion and questioning and dissent. It is a thought process epitomizing the idea of democratic free thinking.

Additional info, sent to me by the same Al-Azhar University graduate: This was published in Rosa El Yousef – one of the most credible periodicals in Egypt – by Dr. Mostafa Mohammad Rashed about the Hijab. One of the attached files is a copy of the PhD certificate that Dr. Rashed had obtained from Al-Azhar University with an “Excellent” grade. (Read: Dr. Rashed’s credentials.)

[...]it is identical to my understanding of the subject from my studies at Al-Azhar University, and from my own private readings. The writer’s approach is logical, rational, and is rooted in Quranic and historic evidence. Dr. Rashed states his conclusion very clearly that the Hijab is not an Islamic “Fareeddah;” i.e. it is not a requirement from any Muslim woman.

You may wish to read it and get the benefit from this scholar’s research on one of the most controversial subjects of our time. Feel free to circulate to others, if you believe that they would benefit.

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