6 years ago on 22 January 2015 / 18,937 notes
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arabshawty:

khubsooratt:

avatarajla:

khubsooratt:

I am really confused and really upset.

I can not even begin to explain how many things are wrong with this picture.

This is like culture appropriation but with religion. You CANNOT go to a mosque and dress up as a muslim just because you feel like it. As a muslim, I find this completely disrespectful. I have gotten rude stares because of my hijab. I have gotten different treatment because of my hijab. I know people who have gotten bullied because of their hijab. I know people who are scared to wear abayahs/jilbaabs (long black garment they are wearing) because of islamaphobia. These things, hijab and abayah are things we wear because there is deep meaning behind it. We STRUGGLE to wear because we are scared of what people will think or what danger it may cause to us, but many of us continue to wear it bc we are that affectionate of our religion. YOU CANT JUST DECIDE TO GO AND DRESS LIKE A MUSLIM AND POSE IN A MOSQUE BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE IT. OUR RELIGION IS NOT A FASHION STATEMENT OR SOME SORT OF GAME. THIS IS NOT OKAY.

They have to wear hijab, they must cover up when they go visit a mosque (that non-Muslims are allowed to do btw, as long as they respect the area and are covered, male & female).

The third (group) picture, is in my opinion ridiculous but still, they haven’t done anything outrageous nor anything Muslims themselves don’t do (loads of Muslims take pictures infront of mosques/in mosques). So no, this is not “religious appropriation”, nobody is belittling your struggles by wearing a hijab and abaya to the mosque. This is the Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque in Abu Dhabi, they have guided tours for visitors and they even provide visitors with traditional clothing (abaya and scarf) for free to wear whilst looking around.

Clarification: It slipped my mind that some masjids require you to cover in order to be let in.
However I still find it a bit disrespectful how they were posing and all. Even for us MUSLIMS to go to a masjid and pose would be inappropriate and disrespectful.

I’m a Muslim and I’ve taken pictures in that same masjid countless times. That masjid specifically is taken more as a tourist attraction, they even have a website for it for tourists who plan on visiting: http://www.szgmc.ae/en/plan-your-visit