Nabeel, I don understand why this phenomenon in the Islamic world is not an argument against Islam. Is throwing acid on women as prevalent in any other cultures?
I agree this shows that the hijab is not about protecting women. It’s about owning them. The men who throw acid believe they own these women — or, similarly, do not know how to detach their own sense of worth from how the woman reacts. As with “owning” someone, there is lack of detachment, lack of personal boundaries, lack of individual identity. This is the false kind of love and unity, the kind that treats the other as a mere extension of the self. In Islam, the manifold suppressions of individuality, together with various violent teachings of Islam, lead to the emergence of a demonic pattern of behavior: throwing acid in women’s faces.
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