[ChotooMotoo]

I put it on a few months after I converted to Islam. I wanted to wear it because I believe that a) Islam tells women to wear it and b) because without hijab, nobody would ever know I am Muslim, it's a mark of my faith. I have taken it off. I had a job where my boss basically told me to take it off, or I would be fired. I took it off. I wore it to work, took it off for my job, and put it on when I left. Since y'all don't understand my situation back then, I don't want the discussion of "oh, that was so wrong, you should have sued." I knew plenty of hijabi's who took off their hijab after 9/11. I've had to remove it in airports as well. I also used to take it off for my microbiology, biochemistry, and one chemistry lab because basically it was a hazard no matter how I tried to wear it.

While I wear hijab, I can really understand why people choose not to wear it as well. It's really hard. YOu are a visible symbol of Islam when you wear hijab, and as such you are judged everywhere you go. If you're already non-white, AND you wear hijab, you face double discrimination when it comes to getting jobs and so forth. Yes, you can argue that it's just another test from Allah (swt), and that people should do it anyway, not everyone is that strong, or ready for the responsibility that comes with wearing hijab. I've also seen new converts who started wearing hijab, then niqab, and they actually ended up leaving Islam in the end because people pushed them too hard, too fast (or they pushed themselves).

Everyone has their limits.