The hijab (veil) ,canned   women, and the sealed woman

Ma Bitar, Syriano:

Arab cartoonists celebrate International Women's Day   My sister, your hijab is more precious than my blood… My sister, with your veil you are like a hidden pearl!!! (A banner of Ahrar al-Sham in Ghouta), This is what the the free one  say, and this is how they packaged their hidden pearls in black cylinders, Packaging has become more legitimate and sophisticated, Veiled women wrapped in black cylinders, almost sealed, My sister… Religion will not leave you vulnerable to decay and promiscuity, Your body and your private parts are a source of pleasure and enjoyment, There is no excess or deficiency in clitoridectomy, Cutting off half of clitoris fulfills the man’s purpose in intercourse,And the truly happy one is he who makes others happy, Your happiness is great, my sister…! Because you have pleased the male, my sister! He has two testicles and you have half a clitoris! And what is the problem? Men are in charge of women, and you are less than half a man, as evidenced by your testimony before the judge,This is what Ibn Abdullah said, and this is how it should remain. Even if ten of God’s men raped you, you would not enter Paradise, What do you care about Paradise, where every mujahid is obligated to attend to the sexual needs of approximately 4200 virgins, according to the calculations of a Saudi sheikh! If I were in your place, my sister, I would ask the sheikh about your luck with some men, Why are there women for men and no men for women? Wasn’t it said that men are in charge of women?

The objectification of man is the basis of his ownership as a slave, and the objectification of woman is the basis of her ownership as a wrapped and hidden object, like a hidden pearl, as hypocrisy says, The pearl does not ask whether it wants to be “hidden” or not hidden, or whether it wants to be a pearl at all,The pearl does not object and has no opinion or stance, therefore it can be owned, and its ownership is subject to the rules of commerce, There is the new packaged one, sealed with a hymen, and there is the used one, unsealed. Deception is forbidden here, and blame is lifted! Woe, woe to him who sells a used female at the price of a new one! Is there an anatomical and factual hymen?

   The relationship between male and female in the dominant local cultural imagination is one of ownership, From this imagination, the image of the “hidden pearl” was formed, meaning the preserved and concealed one, which was written on the Ahrar al-Sham banner, Then, the justification of the Sharia dress was made with the image of a covered piece of candy, in contrast to the image of an uncovered piece of candy surrounded by flies on all sides, which is supposed to represent the unveiled woman, We must not forget the supreme value given to virginity, which represents the “seal of the woman.” The non-virgin, meaning the used merchandise, is owned by objectifying the woman, Naturally, the piece of candy is not asked for its opinion on being covered, and it has no position or opinion in this regard. Here, we reiterate that there is no anatomical existence of the hymen, around which the myth of virginity is built!

  Marriage is the institution that embodies the relationship of ownership in this region, and the fundamental denial of gender equality, It is not for the man who marries more than one woman, and thus gathers several hearts or more in his chest, but the family pattern consisting of a husband and wives eliminates love as a relationship based essentially on equality, The one who marries more than one woman is not more capable of love than others, but rather he is more possessive than others!

It is known that the rise of love, writing about it, and singing about it went hand in hand with the decline of polygamy in the local societies of the current century. On the other hand, it seems that polygamy and the death of love go hand in hand in environments of war religion, There is not a single famous example of love in the traditional heritage, but as for war, there is no limit to what can be said!

 The process of objectifying and manipulating the body, then socially executing the woman by raising or dropping her, is not new. It is traditional and has multiple causes, and it may be related to the male’s physical superiority in waging wars, Victory is not shared, and whoever triumphs over the weaker enemy does not tend to practice equality with the weak relative, Domination is a condition that is applied to every weak person, and because of the weakness of war, the woman has turned into war booty, meaning that she has been subjected to objectification, that is, to something that is bought and sold, In the context of the barter economy, she can be exchanged for something else, for example, two baskets of Hijazi dates, or a camel or a mule, not because she is deficient in intellect, but because she is deficient in muscle, and objectifying her has become a logical result for those who have much muscle and little intellect.

   The social analysis of the phenomenon of veiling and indoctrination is difficult and challenging, especially in light of the difference between the old and new causes of veiling, There is no doubt that the modern cause of veiling is more disastrous than the old one, However, the confirmed increase in recent decades suggests a relationship between the establishment of the first Islamic state in Iran and the exacerbation of veiling, especially since Khomeini did not limit his Shiite missionary and military activities to Iran, Khomeini expanded and incited the Wahhabis, who were isolated in the Hijaz, to expand as well, The expansion was mainly military-sectarian, Therefore, it is possible to say that the increase in veiling was a phenomenon of militarization and sectarianization, while acknowledging that the causal relationship between veiling and militarization is not entirely clear and needs extensive analysis, It is a hypothesis, and the future will prove its invalidity or its transformation into a theory.

 The process of objectifying and manipulating the body, then executing the woman socially by raising or dropping her, is not new, It is traditional and has multiple causes, and it may be related to the male’s physical superiority in waging wars, Victory is not shared, and whoever triumphs over the weaker enemy does not tend to practice equality with the weak relative, Domination is a condition that is applied to every weak person, and because of the weakness of war, the woman has turned into war booty, meaning that she has been subjected to objectification, that is, to something that is bought and sold,In the context of the barter economy, she can be exchanged for something else, for example, two baskets of Hijazi dates, or a camel or a mule, not because she is deficient in intellect, but because she is deficient in muscle, and objectifying her has become a logical result for people of abundant muscle and little intellect.

Much has been said in the context of social analysis regarding the phenomenon of veiling, which was previously a kind of partially voluntary social manifestation. However, the current veiling and its associated practices differ fundamentally from the veiling of bygone days, It is now more coercive and imposed from above because it is no longer a response to a grassroots social demand, The veil is no longer that distinguishing mark that differentiates the believer from the heretic, It is generalized to everyone, especially in societies of the gallows, such as Saudi Arabia in the past and Iran in the past and present, In other societies, such as Egypt, it may have some function of differentiation, even as a form of protest against unjust conditions, It may have a function of belonging in a society whose naked identity has become shameful and devoid of earthly legitimacy, that is, the making of history,Whoever loses the skill of making history and earthly legitimacy seeks it elsewhere, and when they despair of finding it on earth, they turn to assuming it in the unseen realms of heaven. Therefore, put your trust in God, for God loves those who put their trust in Him!

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