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    Nathan Lean‏Verified account @nathanlean Jan 2

    Insisting that the veil is oppressive denies agency to women who choose to wear it. It disregards their voices as either uninformed or irrelevant, & instead feeds on Islamophobic narratives that generalize about male/female relations. That is, ironically, oppressive. #NoHijabDay

    2:43 pm - 2 Jan 2019
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      2. Greg Summers‏ @Tabgrg Jan 2
        Replying to @nathanlean

        At least admit it is a ridiculous garment invented by men for misogynist reasons ..

        1 reply . 1 retweet 38 likes
      3. Nathan Lean‏Verified account @nathanlean Jan 2
        Replying to @Tabgrg

        I’m not going to criticize something that many women make free, conscious choices to wear because they believe it is an expression of religious piety. You can do that if you like. Have a good evening.

        18 replies . 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. Pádraig‏ @PadraigOraghail Jan 3
        Replying to @nathanlean @Tabgrg

        You're incredibly nieve; you cannot judge the merit of such garments from the viewpoint of the West, and that is what you are doing. Women through pain of punishment or worse death, go out of their way to show how it is not a choice.

        1 reply . 1 retweet 21 likes
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      2. Henrik De Medecis  ⚜‏ @MotherBrain3 Jan 3
        Replying to @nathanlean

        Some choose to wear it, it doesn't erase the fact they make the choice to support a token created by the muslim patriarchy to shame the body of women for a religious sake. Give a SINGLE country where religious veiling has been a synonym of progress for women rights ;)

        1 reply . 1 retweet 27 likes
      3. Henrik De Medecis  ⚜‏ @MotherBrain3 Jan 3
        Replying to @MotherBrain3 @nathanlean

        They're free to wear, and not to wear, it in OUR Western countries precisely. The majority of muslim countries make veiling compulsory under the law - religious or not. To refuse the criticism of the veil is refusing to hear the voices of underprivileged women in muslim countries

        1 reply . 2 retweets 26 likes
      4. Henrik De Medecis  ⚜‏ @MotherBrain3 Jan 3
        Replying to @MotherBrain3 @nathanlean

        Muslim women in Western countries have no sense of what it means to live in Muslim countries. They play the game of the Muslim patriarchy by legitimizing its codes.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 13 likes
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      2. Liquid741 (Shonuff)‏ @Liquid741 Jan 3
        Replying to @nathanlean

        Freedom is the right to criticize but this tweet seems to omit a key fact. If it’s not oppressive then why are women freely not allowed to remove?

        1 reply . 0 retweets 27 likes
      3. 4Freedoms & GoldenRule‏ @4Freedoms_GR Jan 3
        Replying to @Liquid741 @nathanlean

        You are wise Obi-wan. Why indeed... Nathan means well and he is right that many genuinely wish to wear hijabs, niqab and burqa. But option was effectively removed by fundamentalists in Muslim majority states in 1970's. @ConfessionsExMu and @AGodlessWoman can slam-dunk argument.

        0 replies . 1 retweet 5 likes
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      1. Rachel  🐶 💙 🇺🇸‏ @RaychelTania Jan 3
        Replying to @nathanlean

        So, the women in Iran risking their lives to protest mandatory hijab are just misinformed Islamophobes, and Nathan knows better. You go, Nathan. Whitesplain and Mansplain to those uppity women. #NoHijabDay

        0 replies . 3 retweets 12 likes
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      2. Isabel Robeson.‏ @robeson_isabel Jan 4
        Replying to @nathanlean

        Agency? There is no such thing as ‘Islamophibia’ and women are legally required to wear the veil in many countries and socially pressured to at the cost of extreme violence and ostracisation in others.

        1 reply . 6 retweets 20 likes
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      1. 4Freedoms & GoldenRule‏ @4Freedoms_GR Jan 3
        Replying to @nathanlean

        Yep, it is worn by "choice", technically. A person "chooses" to wear it to reduce number of beatings by husband/family; rape by other men; public shaming by clerics and women. A smart choice when trapped in this odious culture. Listen to women who are giving you window into this.

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      2. Eli Strawmanning‏ @EliStrawmanning Jan 2
        Replying to @nathanlean

        You and other western liberals disregard the ones who are forced. Not just by law but by friends family and society. You turn a cold shoulder to them because you see most muslims as traditionalists. You couldn’t care less for progressive secular muslims. Lost and confused.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 10 likes
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      4. Tor Khan تور خان‏ @torkhan Jan 2
        Replying to @EliStrawmanning @nathanlean

        Muslim societies accept, adapt, reject veiling or any other matter according to their particular culture/politics. How anyone chooses to express this has nothing to do with bored people outside their society who pretend they know better.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Eli Strawmanning‏ @EliStrawmanning Jan 2
        Replying to @torkhan @nathanlean

        It’s not about me knowing better. It’s about listening to secular Muslim women like @ConfessionsExMu and those you can find throughout her timeline.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. Tor Khan تور خان‏ @torkhan Jan 2
        Replying to @EliStrawmanning @nathanlean @ConfessionsExMu

        It gets worse than you think. You think you are some kind of superhero because you are going out of your way to “listen”. Admit it. You have your own agenda. These women that you “listen” to simply reinforce that. #Seenitallbefore

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Eli Strawmanning‏ @EliStrawmanning Jan 2
        Replying to @torkhan @nathanlean @ConfessionsExMu

        I never said I was a “superhero”. I listen to them the same way id listen to a civil rights activist or an LGBT activist. Again, the fact you are so bothered by it is telling.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. Tor Khan تور خان‏ @torkhan Jan 2
        Replying to @EliStrawmanning @nathanlean @ConfessionsExMu

        What’s telling is that you waded into a tweet about the veil and insulted the poster as some do-gooder. Yes there are instances when female dress is unfairly defined by men, but that pretty much is the entire fashion industry that comes out of Milan, Paris, London or New York.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Eli Strawmanning‏ @EliStrawmanning Jan 2
        Replying to @torkhan @nathanlean @ConfessionsExMu

        No that’s completely different. Completely different. Pressure on women to look a certain way is not ingrained in our everyday culture the way it is for many Muslim women to wear the veil. Let alone the women who are forced.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 4 likes
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