Saida Harrak, a Catalonian Muslim girl, define herself as feminist, defend the liberty and press that to take veil in Catalonia is very difficult because the level of inflexibility is very high.
- Is the veil a symbol of submission?
- No. The veil is only a question of faith
- But, you don’t take it. Are you considering yourself a bad Muslim girl?
- I don’t take it because I don’t feel myself qualified, but not for this reason I’m a bad Muslim. I always pray the five prayer, I do the Ramadan, I give alms, I don’t tell lies, I don’t steal and I don’t try to hurt anybody. If I take the veil now a lot of people will think that I’ve suffered deterioration. There are people who think that you aren’t integrated in the society if you take it.
- But, have you taken it anytime?
- I took it one time because my ear was operated and I can’t take cold. I realised that people were changing around me. A woman who was sitting in front of me changed the place in a train. I got into a bar to take something and all the people who were inside stopped talking. I was as an Alien. It was very hard for me.
- What do you think about the Catalonian people see the women with veil?
- A lot of people think that the women who take the veil are submissive and they can’t decide anything by themselves. But, Muslim women are as intelligent as decide a lot of things. Moreover, there are a lot of women and men who don’t take the veil and they are submissive.
- But, what are the different reasons to wear it?
- Most people wear it because they have faith. Others because it’s a trendy or it’s identify cause for themselves. They take the veil with jeans or with high-heeled shoes, as Catalonian women. They have created a mix culture. Other women wear it for obligation. It’s a pity!
- It’s an unpleasant argument in Muslim families?
- No. The principal unpleasant arguments in Muslim families are the kind of clothes that you dress. For example if you dress a miniskirt or neckline.
- What do you think about the Muslim women live in Catalonia with the inflexibility about the veil?
- We feel trapped with the people who oblige us to wear it and the people who oblige us to don’t wear it. But we are who must decide it because it’s our liberty. In Catalonia, we have the option to be free. I have decided to don’t wear it. My mother wears the veil because she feels nude if she doesn’t wear it. Nowadays my sister has decided wear it although her husband who is Muslim doesn’t want. You decide it
- Which are your problems in Catalonia?
- Of course isn’t the Veil. The problems for us are the illiteracy, the unemployment, the integration difficulties and the ignorance of the language.
We constantly have to excuse for all the things that the rest of Muslim people do. I’m Muslim person and I have to pay for my acts but I mustn’t pay for the things that do for example Bid Laden.
- The Integration means that Immigrants are living with us?
I have lived here since I was three years old, I feel Catalonian person but I think the Immigrant people must have civics rules. The integration is pay luxury tax, work, be a good neighbour and citizen. But I don’t think that Integration will be a question for wearing veil or not
posted by lenxa @ 6:34 AM
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Hi Lenxa. Interesting topic. From my point of view the veil question should have to be a personal decision never a duty. I mean, I suppose many muslim women wears the veil because of religion, or just because of tradition. I cannot be against those kind of ideas, specially because many of us usually do things because of a tradition (and sometimes because of religion). Muslim’s way of thinking is probably similar than the one our parents have some years ago (just take a look to TV serie “Cuéntame” and you will discover we were not too different from nowadyas muslim ideas!)
What about writing a bit more! Time, isn't it?
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