“but because Islam has made it compulsory to do so.”

NO, that is YOUR personal interpretation and opinion. Do not seek to speak for all muslim women which lamant the author for, ironically.

“While your article may resonate with a certain section of Muslim women it is completely based on your views and limited to your personal experiences. ”

Likewise. You dont seem to be tolerant of others muslims opinions. Have you spoken to all Muslims? A religious edict can be made about anything and by anybody. That does not mean it is right or even applicable. Here is the thing; you have not researched topic enough because in many non-arab muslim majority countries the heasdscarf has only been introduced in past couple of decades. I find it hard to believe that while they practise all other common Islamic rituals the part about the woman covering her hair somehow escaped their attention? Or may entire countires according to you were not educated anough on this part?

But you wear whatever you like and believe what you like but know that it does not apply to all 2 billion muslims around the globe. You are not our spokeswoman and all Muslims interpret Things differently. Thats how the human mind works. We are not one big homogenous group. There is a reason there are so many sectarian differences both in Sunnis and Shias and sometimes on very fundamental topics.

I live in a country with a muslim minority andMuslims have been coming and settling for the past 50 years. Yet the headscarf is a thing only 20 years old. This does beg questions and while something may be common or traditional to Arab speaking countries, the culture can not and should not be passed on as Islamic. Many Things are just that, cultural. Islam is not a culture and Arab speakers don’t own it. We can not ignore the culturalinfluence and certainly not forget there are often also ideological and political motives behind pushing forward the hair cover as being Islamic. Men were and remain very vocal on this even though its not their hair. Women without headcover are demonized not by non-Muslims but fellow Muslims as immodest or “naked” compared to being pieces of meat as if not covering your hair automatically renders a person immodest or cheap.

The verse you posted (completely out of context which we consistently lecture others about not doing) can be understood, interpreted and translated in a variety of ways. For instance the Word translated as “head coverings” actually does not say it. The word Hijab in arabic is no where to be found in either of the two commonly quoted verses by pro headcover enthusiasts. Yet ‘hijab’ is found several times in the rest of the Quran not a single time in context of dressing or dresscode for Muslims women. Ironicallly today ‘hijab’ is passed on as head cover in Arabic dictionaries re-written to accommodate an agenda. This is essentially bordering on shirk (in my Humble view).

You dont agree with the author. Fine. You dont have to. But can you just keep your prejudice and judgement of the author to yourself because unless you are Allah, you can not possibly know why people do not follow edicts. They dont have to. There are many points and I do recommend you studying the dissent side more openminded. You dont have to accept their belief but you can’t just brush it off as unislamic. Its a valid opinion. You may be educated but that does not exclude the possibility of religious ignorance. An esteemed scholar with the most fancy degrees in Islamic theology boasting scholarly experience and practice can still be ignorant.

While your article may resonate with a certain section of Muslim women it is completely based on your views and limited to your personal experiences. It is totally individualistic whether one would like to follow edicts or not but just because one does not find it convenient to follow, rulings should not be debunked.