In the last reading from “No God but God” I found the information about the changes in Islam to be the most interesting. In the book, Reza Aslan mentions that the Muslim population is actually very young. “…nearly three-quarters of them (Muslims) are under the age of thirty-five. In some parts of the world, most recently in Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, this ‘Muslim youth bulge” has created restive populations who are fed up with their lack of political and economic opportunities and who are willing to rise up against their governments to demand their rights and privileges” (pg. 289). One of the most debated topics in the world is the hijab. I decided to research what the younger population of Muslims thinks about the hijab and found that it is actually seen as a symbol of feminism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/15/hijab-becomes-symbol-resistance-feminism-age-trump/98475212/
In this article, many young women share their opinions on the hijab and how it is seen as empowering especially in a society that forces the opinion that the hijab is oppressive and that all women have been forced to wear a hijab against their will. I think that this article brings up an interesting point that viewing the hijab as solely being forced on women by men is extremely sexist and outdated.