What do people here make of the 'burkini'?
Is it a good idea?
Does it empower Muslim women to be more active in their community?
Is it not appropriate?
The two-piece "burkini", popular in the Middle East, is proving key to a reshaping surf lifesaving Down Under -- once a bastion of white Australian culture and still a heartland of the country's sun-bronzed, heroic self-myth.
"I am Australian so I always have the Australian life style, but now with the burkini it just allowed me to participate in it more. We used to always go to the beach, but now that I have the burqini I can actually swim," Mecca Laalaa, 22, told Reuters.
Laalaa is one of 24 young Australians of Arab heritage who recently signed up to a 10-week training course run by Surf Life Saving Australia aimed at widening the racial mix on beaches. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/as.../burqini.reut/
In Australia, the beach is part of life. But Muslim women had to trudge through the sand in full-length dresses and robes.
But designer Aheda Zanetti said she believes her "Burkini" design will help Muslim women integrate further into Australian society.
A burka is a full-length garment worn by some Muslim women.
She also said it's also for anyone who wants to show some modesty while on the beach or protect themselves from the rays of the sun.
The Burkini is made from ultraviolet- and water-protected polyester. Unlike the bikini, it covers the whole body except for the feet, hands and face, allowing Muslim women to swim in public.
I have seen other examples of the "burkini" that were far more modest than these ones. Hmmmm, this really does not differ from a bodysuit: it still reveals the shape of the body. Her head is covered...but her body shows. Completely inappropriate.
same..but I dnt wear my hijaab wen I go swimmin'...as long as there aint no men there...I nvr go swimmin @ beaches...coz u might have not noticed...if u wear normal clothes and go in the water..people can see just about everything
I just want you to realise that am just wondering and curious, am not condeming you or anything so dont please dont take it that way. Insha'Allah.
Do you feel that feet are allowed to be shown?
Also, when your underwater or swimming I am sure that you move your body in different ways, do you not feel that this will show shape?
Wa alaikum assalam,
I hold a position that it is ok for the feet to be uncovered. This is a position that has been held by some of the ulama of the past
No, I don't feel it shows my shape any more than my shape is shown when I'm running a 5k or lifting weights.
Hijab is my passport to the world, not a jail to keep me from it. I dress modestly so I am free to interact and participate.
Hijab is my passport to the world, not a jail to keep me from it.
Forgive me sister, but i'm not sure if you've heard the hadith 'Ad-Dunya sijnul muslim, wa jannatul kaafir'. This world is a prison-house for the believers, and a paradise for the disbelievers.
As muslims we must refrain from certain things. It may be hard, but what kind of a test would it be otherwise?
Anyway I just wanted to add that. Please forgive me if I have offended you. (we've already pretty much settled this in the sisters section any way)
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