Just a quick and interesting thought I had today.  I was in the teacher’s lounge and I heard some teachers discussing whether or not they’d allow their daughters to wear hijab when they grew up.  Both of these teachers didn’t wear hijab, and they both said very confidently that they would never stop anyone from wearing hijab.

Anyone, huh?  What about themselves?  When someone doesn’t wear hijab, who is really stopping them?  A parent?  A friend?  A spouse?  Or the person themself?  Afterall, when a girl puts on a hijab, in my opinion, the number one thing she is fighting is not culture, nor pressure, but her own desire to be admired or adored.

So really, if you’re not wearing it, and you’d never stop anyone else from wearing it, why stop yourself?