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The wokest people of Reddit here to tell us how wearing a hijab is cultural appropriation as non-Muslim white people.
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Most comments demonstrate the most vapid, SJW understanding of Islam like a race or culture you posses with certain qualities and attributes that belong to that group no one else can infringe on, and for Muslims hijab is the marker of their exoticness that belongs only to them.
There are other ways to dress modestly that aren’t essentially pretending to hold an identity that you don’t.
Being Muslim isn't a religion you practice and believe in. It's just an identity one holds that adds to your oppression points.
A hijab is a specifically Muslim garment.
Hijab means "veil" and a woman's scarf is khimar. Nothing about wearing a scarf on your head is intrinsically Muslim, even in a tight style, and this is how Orthodox Christians wear scarves.
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Aesthetics are great! Especially when you can skip right past the obscene amount of racism and prejudices directed against a group of women for wearing the hijab! God, wearing religious articles of clothing is so much fun when the negative stigma doesn’t apply to you or your life!
YTA. Stop adopting cultural and religious items for your own aesthetic.
The reason Muslim women wear hijab is for modesty which is the same as what the OP was doing.
You took a religious garment and turned it into a fashion accessory
Except there's no special meaning to a scarf and any scarf can be a headscarf.

AITA for choosing to wear a hijab even though I am not Muslim or religious?
Hello, everyone. Let me start by saying that I'm in no way making fun of hijabis or belittling their beliefs. I have many Muslim friends that I...

Most comments demonstrate the most vapid, SJW understanding of Islam like a race or culture you posses with certain qualities and attributes that belong to that group no one else can infringe on, and for Muslims hijab is the marker of their exoticness that belongs only to them.
There are other ways to dress modestly that aren’t essentially pretending to hold an identity that you don’t.
Being Muslim isn't a religion you practice and believe in. It's just an identity one holds that adds to your oppression points.
A hijab is a specifically Muslim garment.
Hijab means "veil" and a woman's scarf is khimar. Nothing about wearing a scarf on your head is intrinsically Muslim, even in a tight style, and this is how Orthodox Christians wear scarves.

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Jul 19, 2015 - На русском: Женские Головных Платки For 2000 years in the Orthodox Church, the tradition has been for women and girls to veil their heads during worship, whether at church for the liturgy, or at ho…

Aesthetics are great! Especially when you can skip right past the obscene amount of racism and prejudices directed against a group of women for wearing the hijab! God, wearing religious articles of clothing is so much fun when the negative stigma doesn’t apply to you or your life!
YTA. Stop adopting cultural and religious items for your own aesthetic.
The reason Muslim women wear hijab is for modesty which is the same as what the OP was doing.
You took a religious garment and turned it into a fashion accessory
Except there's no special meaning to a scarf and any scarf can be a headscarf.