Page 319 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

Which Important Topics Do Some of the

Passionate Defenders of the Headscarf Never

Talk About?

As we explained with the quoted verses, women are ordered to
wear a jilbab that covers their bodies when conditions require it.
However, it is left to the women’s choice to decide if it is necessary.
Furthermore, a woman can just say that she is obeying verse 59 of

Surat al-Ahzab by wearing a headscarf and may choose to wear a
headscarf instead of jilbab. Everyone should respect this decision.
But it is wrong and dishonest to claim that the headscarf is made
obligatory in the Qur'an, when in truth it is not, and to drive perhaps

millions of women away from religion due to this persistence. Such
people have one feature in common: though they portray themselves
as extremely pious people with their relentless persistence about the
wearing of the headscarf, which is not a commandment of the
Qur'an, they don't show the same commitment or zeal when it comes
to other commandments in religion or about matters that are vital to

Muslims. For example:

• Darwinism – They don't care about the fact that the major-
ity of people have lost their faith as a result of Darwinism.
They are not bothered by the fact that students are being told
‘there is no God’ (God is above such claims) at schools and

don't even think about taking intellectual steps against this
inculcation.

• Prayer (Salat) – Most of these people do not pray or most
of the time postpone it. However, according to the Qur'an,
there are specific times for prayer and prayer should be per-

formed at those times. Surprisingly, these people are not

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