tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post9064856394354979327..comments2023-10-17T04:20:37.327-07:00Comments on Balabusta in Blue Jeans: Sometimes a tichel is only a tichelBBJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-15803813289756616392007-11-11T03:48:00.000-08:002007-11-11T03:48:00.000-08:00I think it's the double-standard thing....like, in...I think it's the double-standard thing....like, in, my kid had to have special permission to wear a kippah in the classroom of his public school BUT girls wearing hijab were applauded for being ethnically correct.....the local high school wouldn't allow a Christian Bible study group as an after-school activity group, but put in a "prayer room" so their two Moslem students could "pray" during school hours....etc.<BR/><BR/>I personally live in a neighborhood full of hijab and think they're much prettier than tichels and can actually see how the tichel evolved from the hijab (take tichel and add headscarf--that's what a hijab is). Here, they're color-coordinated, often two-tone, two-textured, and matched to the outfit of the day and accessories. It's very attractive. <BR/><BR/>I have no problem with hijab as a head covering, and somewhat envy it....I have no problem with women wearing hijab for the same reason I cover my own hair (note to LGF: it's a religious statement, folks, not a political statement)BUT I DO have a problem where Muslim sensibilities are handled like an etrog and Jewish (or Christian or Buddhist or whatever) are shunted aside as irrelevant or unimportant.aliyah06https://www.blogger.com/profile/12570980519532246704noreply@blogger.com