Julia said:
I've never heard that given by any Muslim as a reason for wearing the hijab.
Most of the reasons I've heard centre around the concept of "modesty".
But then a while ago I was amused to hear a couple of Muslim women discussing the topic on Radio National and they agreed that it was simply convenient as they didn't have to think about what their hair looked like or what clothes to wear. Also, that it didn't matter if they put on too much weight as no one would notice.
I imagine the reasons for wearing veils or whatever are as numerous as the wearers.
Julia
Nice one
covering their hair to not worry about fixinig it
its basic people, every reliegon has its rules....or....symbolic rules, In Islam, God...had his rules to tell people what to do if they want to be believers.
Hijab is both a psychological & practical commitment from a woman that she would be able to cover a big part of her beauty in an effort or a try to prevent others from being attracted to her based on her looks!! & ....as many will say ..... to not let the "men monsters" who are mentally sick or capable or doing bizzare doings like rape, sexual harrasement or whatever.... from getting close to her as her sexappeal will be "less" than others, practically, minimising her chances of being on the spotlight or a radar of any sex maniac considering the traditional theory that sex maniacs usually have to be attracted physically to their victim & that in general some people while they're drunk for example could get very excited & do crazy things if woman is really wearing revealing clothing!
Now, before you go crazy at me, I'll give you a good example, govt give rules to drivers not to speed more than 110km/hour on highways, knowing in fact that having a rule ONLY will not stop anyone from speeding, so they make it a law, a protective law, NOT NECESSERILY that if you speed you'll die, & NOT NECESSERILY that it will be your fault on the road to have an accident, it could be a drunk driver or unlicensed boof who hits you!!! some individuals may realise how dangerous speeding is & install a speed limiter on their cars to make it NOT exceed 110km/hour as they're scared of having an accident.
if we could consider having a hijab (NOT COVERING THE FACE just the hair), is same as putting a speed limiter in trying to avoid an accident. of course we can't compare human beings to cars but the idea here is that some good drivers can do 200km/hour without having an accident & others can do 50km/hour while having an accident, the reliegon gave the hijab as a "precautionary step" that if ladies would like to protect themselves from maniacs & lunatics & mentally ill people then they follow god's law & wear it, then if they wear Hijab it should "minimise" thier chances of getting attacked by those maniacs & mentally ill people, considering the theory that most likely they would get attacked based on the level of how sexy they are in the chance that they are ever to be targeted by any mentally ill or sex maniac.
Practically, it's like putting a seat belt while driving, you could have your seatbelt & still die in an accident
but chances of getting hurt are LESS if you have a seatbelt on than if you don't have it on.
Of course as all God's instructions or rules are, they all come with "you have to" & that you'll be a better person if you follow my instructions & that you'll get good points & you'll get to heaven if you do follow the rules. some understand the idea behind the rule & some don't & just follow & find it convinient to not being able to worry about their hair
Sheikh Taj doesn't have complete grasp on English or how can he explain Reliegon or reason behind some rules, Arabic is very complicated language & due to its "many meanings" to the same word depending the tone & body language, timing, etc....the same word could mean many things & he assumes that everyone (Inc. those that don't speak Arabic) would have the same cultural & historical backgroung as himself or as middleeasteners.
I don't agree with Sheikh Taj in many things & I think he pushed it about women being responsible for getting raped. The Australian society we're living in now is a lot more acceptable to women's revealed clothing than what it is in other places on earth. Having a precautionary measure like having a hijab may not stop a lunatic from raping a girl & having a girl with a bikini may not also give an extra reason for a person or a permit to assault that woman. The idea here is that he may be considered in some sense to be someone who advocates for using the "precautionary" measure as the Hijab but unfortunately he stuffed up & used crazy metaphors.
cheers,