Wearing Hijab in America
A month ago, my wife just got a work permit, working permit. After that, he immediately sent a resume to a few busy places, such as Starbuck's coffee shop, shop franchise that has a global network.
When the interview a few days ago, my wife asked the shop manager was: is there a problem if she wore the hijab? Party managers said: no problem. We were happy to receive workers from various cultural backgrounds, he said.
Our neighbor's apartment, a black preacher, has just completed a Master of Divinity (M. Div) and will come out soon left the apartment. Resident Representative or the head of the apartment where I live bernisiatif held a farewell party. The event took place last night: we, apartment residents, gathered on a wide lawn in front of my apartment, to do barbecue-grilled or roasted meat.
When chatting, uttered an interesting comment about the wife of a female neighbor's apartment. He was a white man who came from the east coast, California.
The woman said that she was happy with my wife the slice, because the open, always get along, and never felt "isolated".
For three years he lived in America in the state of Massachusetts, our family, especially my wife, she had never experienced something unpleasant, say a kind of "harassment". My wife has a number of close friends, including a woman "Caucasian" which comes from the tradition of Quaker background (Christian sect known for its tolerant attitude), a Jewish woman who came from Israel, a Catholic woman who came from Venezuela and married to a man Lebanese origin, and a woman from Japan (which is now "going home" to his country).
They love to hang out with the wife. They realize that a moslem should not eat pork. On each occasion meals where my wife was invited, they always want to make sure that the food served did not contain pork.
One day, I received a call from my friend's wife that "Caucasian" is, ask about the number of holidays in Islam. When it happened to be ahead of Idul Adha. He asked, what is the meaning of the holiday. I explained modest. He then asked, what should say to a moslem while celebrating the feast of Eid al-Adha. He wanted to send a greeting card congratulating my family with respect to day-to-day Islamic feast.
My own confusion she answered questions. Because, so far there was no special words that other people should say to the moslems during Eid al-Adha. I said to him, "Just say, Happy Holiday of Sacrifice". A few days later, we received a greeting card from Caucasian women, the "Happy Holiday of Sacrifice". I was really touched.
To my knowledge, no serious problem with the practice of hijab in America. Sure there are some incidents in some places, especially after the events of 9 / 11. But in general, in my assessment, there is no persecution or "discrimination" of women who are veiled in America. At least that's what my wife experienced by far.
Some time ago, my wife was watching a baseball game at the stadium owned by the Red Sox, the pride of Boston's baseball team, in the Fenway area. He's probably the only woman veiled in a sea of spectators at the time. That's the first chance my wife was watching a baseball game. During the match, even my wife was busy "jeprat-snap". My wife's actions attract the attention of an audience, "It was the first time they watch it?"
Wife, with smiling sheepishly, said, "Yes."
Many Indonesian friend who has a wife covered in this Boston area. As far as I know, no bad experiences they have experienced living in the city of Boston. My impression of American society in the state of Massachusetts is quite tolerant (tolerant even once) to the diversity of religious expression.
At Harvard University where I learned today there is even a new policy that was "amazing" for me, namely the provision of special hours for moslem women who want to wear jimnastik building. Typically, the student who is moslem, especially the slice, less felt "comfortable" for the sports with men. In order to appreciate the "faith of moslems", the campus adopted a policy to provide a special time for moslem women who want to do "exercise." Are Islamic university may do something like this?
moslems in America have almost full freedom to carry out their religious teachings. moslems of all sects and streams can be developed and practiced freely in the country "secular" are often condemned by some moslems that.
During this time, some Islamic circles have a mistaken view that the secular system is hostile to religion. This view clearly erroneous, especially in the American context. Trying to uphold the principles of the secular system in which the state does not interfere with religious beliefs and practices of its inhabitants. All people are given freedom to carry out original conviction did not interfere with other people.
Under this system of moslems in America have full freedom to preach and practice their faith freely.
