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When we were in London, we saw a large number of women wearing headscarves. Our hotel was near a Middle Eastern area, but even so, there were a large number, moreso than any trip I've taken to London previously. I even saw, over the course of the journey, eleven women wearing burqa.* I'd be interested in knowing the rate of increase in the Islamic population of London since 2003, the last time I was there.
(And you know, not a single one of them tried to blow me up!)
Two of the women I saw wearing headscarves on Oxford Street one night were young, perhaps even in their teens, had beautifully decorated scarves and, judging by the shapes underneath, elaborate, high hairstyles. Somehow the effect was, I suspect, not exactly what the originators of the headscarf rule had in mind. XD
(ETA: Via
rydra_wong over on DW, the blog of the blog of UK hijabi designer Hana Tajima-Simpson. And, man, I am too darm short and round to wear that kimono-wrap maxi dress she's wearing in several photos, or I'd be whipping out the credit card right now...)
* For any wag who asks "How could you tell they were different women?" the answer is: different styles of burqa, different handbags, and accompanied by different families, when they weren't alone.
(And you know, not a single one of them tried to blow me up!)
Two of the women I saw wearing headscarves on Oxford Street one night were young, perhaps even in their teens, had beautifully decorated scarves and, judging by the shapes underneath, elaborate, high hairstyles. Somehow the effect was, I suspect, not exactly what the originators of the headscarf rule had in mind. XD
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* For any wag who asks "How could you tell they were different women?" the answer is: different styles of burqa, different handbags, and accompanied by different families, when they weren't alone.
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Only two? Whenever I'm in Oxford Street during the day, I always see hijabi in their teens and twenties who are seriously styling. It seems like a big fashionista area.
Somehow the effect was, I suspect, not exactly what the originators of the headscarf rule had in mind. XD
Well, the headscarf rule (as a debatable and debated theological interpretation of various Quranic verses) says basically that you should cover everything except your face and your hands. It says nothing about not making an excellent fashion statement with what you're wearing. *g*
ETA: Example, coincidentally discovered this morning:
StyleCovered, the blog of UK hijabi designer Hana Tajima-Simpson.
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We didn't hang out on Oxford Street very long, and these two stood way out. XD One of them had shapes under her hijab that made me think her hair was similar to Janice Rand's in Classic Trek - it had that same sort of shape, height, and even a bit of texture showing through the fabric.
Thanks for the link! I've just spent some time poking through it, and it makes me sad that I am way too short and round to wear the kimono wrap maxi-dress she wears in several of the pictures without looking like a tent. :D
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I'll never forget the three young men in suits who sheepishly sidled up to me one evening when I was on my way home from uni, mumbled something so shyly and quietly that I couldn't make out a word, handed me a leaflet and quickly walked off. They still rank as one of the nicest "religious people" encounters I've ever had.
Oh, and every day I had to walk through not insignificant crowds on one particular street (
I think there must have been some kind of prayer area nearbyActually there are several mosques fairly close, so they must have all been coming back from there since they'd all be gone if I got up an extra half hour late) and they never once tried to blow me up either! Even though sometimes I did used to stare at them in their whiter than white clothing, I still don't know how they got them so pristine, I wish I could get my whites looking so fantastic. :(no subject
Hee!
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we'll ignore the Ed Hardy.