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I recently watched a session discussing the topic above in Youtube, here's the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdb_KDG0CH8 I'm not putting it here because it's inappropriate.

I was attracted to the title because at a glance, I thought it was a debate. It was not. To conclude, she only praised how good bikini is and how bad niqab is. That's not a debate, that's just a video of a woman, talking about her opinion which was totally biased I must say.

I have my respect towards anyone, regardless their attire. I don't mind at all, I don't judge, I've never thought of them as any of those negative thoughts, NO! I understand they just wanna feel beautiful, just how I love being beautiful. We just have our own way and beautiful itself is subjective. That's why I kinda disagree with the lady in the video generalizing women who wear niqab.. So unfair and rude.. :/

If you don't want others to generalize hookers = bikini, don't generalize Muslims either! Only some of Muslim cover themselves because of those negative reason, just like how only few people who wear bikini just to look like a hooker. Am I right? Bikini is just a swim wear and niqab is just a fashion unusual to some of us, that's all, respect it!

What is a bikini?

Generally, it's a two piece swimming suit. In a simple word, it's a two piece woman underwear, made of fabric like lycra. Fabrics which won't make you heavy in water..

What is a niqab?

A niqab is commonly worn by Muslim women in Middle East, it covers the entire face, revealing only their eyes. It's a very thin, breathable piece of cloth. It is not an obligation for Muslim women. Muslim women are allowed to expose only their face and hands (from wrist to finger).

I'm not going to elaborate what she talks, here's my version of Bikini vs Niqab. ;)

Women wear what makes them feel beautiful.

Bikini : Yes, I can't disagree more. That's the truth. Only insecure women feels unconfident about showing their body. Nobody can deny the fact that women is naturally a beautiful creature. (LOL seriously, grow up!)

If so, why does some women cover up themselves when they go out? Before that, let me clarify the two types of  "covered up women" :

1. Because she is insecure about herself as I mentioned earlier

2. Simply because she wants to, only when she go out ; at home, they're the dancing queen!

3. Covered up only because it's obligation, she still wear out standing cloth 

It's undeniable there are some of the 1 and 3 women among Muslim, but that's not limited among Muslims! They exists among any women around the world.

So I'm going to talk about the 2 women : because they want to cover up when they go out. These women are very confident about herself, she doesn't need to show her body to everyone, just so she can feel beautiful. No. She doesn't need those. Sounds silly?

How does Bikini makes women feel confident and beautiful? Because she is able to show her skin, walk with pride, and proves that she is not being ashamed of her body.



If so, why don't women wear those all the time? Because it's inappropriate. Okay.. Now, why is it inappropriate? How can some clothes, are only allowed to wear at a certain time? I get it, it's a swimwear, du-uh of course I as a Muslim, will not going to wear those swimming suit to class. I'm not talking about specifically Bikini, I wanna talk about skin revealing clothing.

Why are there rules for a formal attire? Why do some clothes are considered inappropriate, especially those tight clothes, or very skin-revealing. Why should there be rules? Especially when you step into a professional field, you hardly able to wear those really short skirt, or clothes showing most of your chest.

As though what you wear actually describes you.

(Psstt remember how chaos it was when a photo of Kate Middleton wearing Bikini spreads out?)

A professional, respected women wear so-called appropriate cloth.
A "common" people wear anything they wish.

On top of that, if you wanna show how beautiful your girlfriend is, why is it wrong for girls to send nudes to her guy friends? Heh

What I can conclude is, it's not your attire that makes you feel beautiful. It's not the bikini, it's not the niqab either. It's the woman inside of those attire determines whether she feels beautiful or not. It's the confidence, faith, because in Islam, women is placed in a respectable place and women are given most benefits. We have a strong belief of how special we are in Islam, thus whatever we wear, or wherever we go, we always know we are beautiful. 

Addition :

Why Muslim women wear niqab, in term of feeling beautiful? Although not all Muslim women wear niqab, basically we cover ourselves because we feel so beautiful that we don't wanna show it to everyone. We only show ourselves to the people we trust, we love, care, and treat us the same way too. That't how most Muslim women feel about covering themselves. Most, okay. Stop saying how "some of your friends are bla bla bla". Of course!

Although we cover ourselves, we very care about our body. We work out, not to mention those skin care, we're just the same creature as any other women in the world! We love beautifying ourselves (?). We're not a cheapskate, there are many Muslim women who buy those expensive dress with tiny fabric to be worn at home. We're just a women who prefer to cover up when we go out. Really. That's all.

My personal experience going to Middle East, those rich lady wears branded attire on the inside of those black clothing, you call a tent. Haha.

Tent 1

Tent 2

It's an open debate, I welcome opposition more, although I'd also like to hear other opinions from friends who agree with me too.. :)

I'm very sorry if I ever used a wrong sentence and hurt your feelings, I never meant to do so. Please forgive me, I'm just a normal imperfect human. :(