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So this is a continuation of part two of our lecture that I gave I began last week about the reality of the hijab

And last week I had mentioned the fact that the hijab has become a symbol between a very brutal battle of two different camps

It is no longer about the woman's head covering, it is about identity

It is about, frankly, one civilization, the western civilization, trying to superimpose its understanding upon our shedi and our understanding

And this is happening around the globe, whether it is in France, whether it is in India

And, of course, I forgot to mention I got a lot of mixed messages quibekin right up north from us up north in Canada

So it is happening all over the world, so I wanted to talk a little bit about that from a sociological perspective

That was last week

This week we are going to move on and talk about the issue of the covering more from a textual i.e. from the Quran and from the Sunnah perspective

And before I begin, again I have to take a step back because the topic has become so charged and so sensitive that it is important that we give these disclaimers

The sensitivity arises from the fact that some people say that men are always obsessed with what women wear and don't wear

And they are telling women what they should do and what they should not do

And there is a level of irritation that comes from this, it is an understandable nuisance

So in this lecture I want to ask you to ignore the speaker and ignore the speaker's gender

And ignore everything about the speaker and listen to the speech

Because this is not from me, I will be quoting you the speech of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

I will be quoting you the Quran and I will be explaining the Quran

And I ask you if you disagree with my explanation then you have every right to go challenge it

But do it from within academic parameters

If you disagree with what the Quran is saying then you say my interpretation is incorrect, that is fine

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