[displaced]

hijabis always get bent out of shape when people say it's more than just fabric.

[MossadConspiracy]

theres pins and stuff too

[displaced]

oh, yes. sparkley pins.

[LEGALEAGLE]

One of my sisters wears hijab the other doesn't and one wears a cheera / dupatta...It depends on what the person thinks is right..

its easy to make fun of people when you're in a group.

[Haramoobobi]

Originally Posted by displaced

hijabis always get bent out of shape when people say it's more than just fabric.

it's rather subjective. But for me personally, yes, it represents Islam. Others, it might not be the case. Either way, humans make mistakes. I simply don't agree that you should be super human to wear hijab or otherwise be condemned by others as a hypocrite. Us hijabis are human too. We love, get angry, upset, feel emotions and think thoughts less then "noble" [but in actuality plainly "human"] but we try inshAllah.

Some don't. But that's between them and Allah (swt) who knows their intention and their struggles.

Putting down other's so people can justify themselves is low and not compelling in any discussion with people of heterogeneous views.

[SaidAbdullahofDarfur]

Originally Posted by displaced

@ fulan.

I love when "religious" people throw random arabic words into their conversations...as though that makes it more meaningful.

Well ahem...using words from other languages DOES help with meaning...

If it didn't you'd be saying Kingly instead of regal. Road Go-er, instead of ViaDuct, group of flowers instead of bouquet the English language is BUILT of words from other languages. Arabic being one of them.

Can you honestly say that God means the same as ALLAH(SWT)?
Iman would be better left as faith?
or Deen would be religion???

It just doesn't have the same meaning.

[displaced]

Originally Posted by SaidAbdullahofDarfur

Well ahem...using words from other languages DOES help with meaning...

If it didn't you'd be saying Kingly instead of regal. Road Go-er, instead of ViaDuct, group of flowers instead of bouquet the English language is BUILT of words from other languages. Arabic being one of them.

Can you honestly say that God means the same as ALLAH(SWT)?
Iman would be better left as faith?
or Deen would be religion???

It just doesn't have the same meaning.

man. islamica's just getting suckier by the minute these days.

[rawrr]

Das shckarf is nicht so gut..Translates: Everything german is rather strange.

I was going to write my 2 cents on hijab, but I cba.

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo

none of those look particularly attractive to me.

I was thinking that but thought it would be mean to say

Originally Posted by Nabisco007

I like the regular style of pinning the hijab

Yea same here.

And I really like the way Indian nuns use their saris to resemble a nun's habit

Originally Posted by Haramoobobi

Originally Posted by displaced

hijabis always get bent out of shape when people say it's more than just fabric.

Wait, what? Do you mean to say "we" get bent out of shape when people say it's NOT more than fabric? I must be crazy because I'm a hijabi and I see the hijab as being MUCH more than "just a piece of cloth"

Originally Posted by SaidAbdullahofDarfur

Well ahem...using words from other languages DOES help with meaning...

the English language is BUILT of words from other languages. Arabic being one of them.

I agree, good post

Originally Posted by displaced

man. islamica's just getting suckier by the minute these days.

Displaced, I'm starting to wish I hadn't wasted a positive rep on you in FPH. It's not just "religious" pepople (by that I assume you are referring to "religious" Muslims in a derogatory way?) that use Arabic words. A (Jewish) professor from Princeton came and spoke at our masjid yesterday and he speaks Arabic fluently and uses Arabic words when describing certain things. What the heck is so odd about it?

[displaced]

Originally Posted by thejellymill

Displaced, I'm starting to wish I hadn't wasted a positive rep on you in FPH. It's not just "religious" pepople (by that I assume you are referring to "religious" Muslims in a derogatory way?) that use Arabic words. A (Jewish) professor from Princeton came and spoke at our masjid yesterday and he speaks Arabic fluently and uses Arabic words when describing certain things. What the heck is so odd about it?

you can neg me to make up for it

people on this forum apparently only read as far as they want to before posting. read my other posts. what's odd about it is the unnecessary use of random foreign words. if the word had no english counterpart or could be better expressed in arabic than in english, it'd be understandable. imagine speaking to a group of people and throwing in random french words. what's the point?

[Hanbali]

Originally Posted by displaced

you can neg me to make up for it

people on this forum apparently only read as far as they want to before posting. read my other posts. what's odd about it is the unnecessary use of random foreign words. if the word had no english counterpart or could be better expressed in arabic than in english, it'd be understandable. imagine speaking to a group of people and throwing in random french words. what's the point?

Your point would be valid only if it obscured the meaning of what was being said. I only used the name "Fulan" lol which did not at all obfuscate what was being said. I guess I could have used "Joe Schmoe" but I use "Joe Schmoe" for a kaafir hypothetical guy, and Fulan for a Muslim one. Although of course a Muslim could technically be named Joe without any problem.

[LEGALEAGLE]

Originally Posted by displaced

you can neg me to make up for it

people on this forum apparently only read as far as they want to before posting. read my other posts. what's odd about it is the unnecessary use of random foreign words. if the word had no english counterpart or could be better expressed in arabic than in english, it'd be understandable. imagine speaking to a group of people and throwing in random french words. what's the point?

Of course your comment makes the following assumptions

1. That the English language is sufficient. If that was the case then English wouldn't have absorbed so many words from other languages.

2. That what *you* mean by which I mean yourself and a few others is the same as the rest of us when you want us to use 'English' words.

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by LEGALEAGLE

Of course your comment makes the following assumptions

1. That the English language is sufficient. If that was the case then English wouldn't have absorbed so many words from other languages.

2. That what *you* mean by which I mean yourself and a few others is the same as the rest of us when you want us to use 'English' words.

For example.. There is no real equivalent to the word 'karma' in the english language. Therefore the hindi/sanskrit/hindu foreign word has now been incorporated into english. Shakespeare himself simply "made up" many of the words in common usage today...yes MADE THEM UP. Not twisted certain ones to make new meanings (which he also did) but made them up out of thin air.

It's not a big deal displaced, it happens all the time and it's called CULTURAL DIFFUSION. I think you are being a tad ethnocentric and silly.

[TrentReznor858]

Originally Posted by Hanbali

ahahaahahaha

You have the reading comprehension skills of a five year old.

ok? You didnt make a valid point whatsoever you idiot. I understood exactly what you said, which is just an idiotic fallacy.

[Hanbali]

Originally Posted by TrentReznor858

ok? You didnt make a valid point whatsoever you idiot. I understood exactly what you said, which is just an idiotic fallacy.

lol you half-wit, you still don't understand!

I am referring to your quoting Six Pak who was 100% agreeing with me, and yet you--because you lack reading comprehension skills--could not understand his post.

I was referring to this post of yours, you twit:

http://www.islamicaweb.com/forums/131645-post26.html

You said "My point exactly" and "EXACTLY" even though Six Pak was backing me up and refuting you. lol

I have a question: did you graduate high school or drop out?