Stereotypes Of Muslim Women In Islam
This assumption is absolutely incorrect and the perfect example to prove this is that “Elizabeth was a sixty-year-old, African American woman who converted to Islam some twenty years ago through the Nation of Islam” (Kramer and Mohibullah 107). Elizabeth became a Muslim woman by making the decision on her own and this also shows that not all Muslim women are of the same skin color like most people think. She converted and began wearing a hijab to curve any sexual harassment and if men would still look at her in a sexual way, then she had the peace of mind believing that it wasn’t because of her, but because of them (108). There was another woman mentioned in this article who began wearing a