The problem is with the millions of poor, uneducated women who do not have the same choices and opportunities as the author above.

Then we have the women in places like Afghanistan and the Sinai who are forced to wear the hijab and the burqa. These women do not have a choice. These women are subjugated by the medieval minds of men who have no respect for women and see them as only a vessel for their seed in the production of offspring.

It is all good and well that this privileged woman and women like her have these choices. Their stance in favor of the veil is seen as and used by these oppressive forces to enslave the minds of millions of women. These men use Islam and the hijab and the burqa as a means to keep their boot heals squarely across the neck of women in all of the lands of Islam

Islam is like any other religion. There exists both beauty and ugliness within the pages of all religious books. Evil men and women use those phrases which back their decrepit and despotic philosophies in order to further their personal wealth and designs. Good men and women use those words and phrases which advance the cause of humanity towards a better tomorrow.

Until all Muslim women have the freedom of choice to wear the hijab, I believe it is the duty of all peoples to take a stance against the use of the veil for ill.

This is a choice that Muslim women have to make. I agree that the hijab when it is worn in free choice is an idea of beauty. Humility before God (for those who believe in these religions) is an appeal to the grace of humanity. It is, indeed, a beautiful act.

The problem is that millions of men across the Muslim world use the hijab and the burqa not as an appeal to God but as a tool of personal power and in individual acts of narcissism and abhorrent nihilism. These acts are in direct contravention to the Qu’ran, the Bible and the will of God.