I was in Dunkin today and oversaw a Muslim woman’s smart phone text. She wrote to her friend,” S/O to these drinks because they get me 50 rewards points!” I’d guess S/O means shout out? Anyway, I can’t wrap my head around how this person’s beliefs align with Dunkin reward points.
Her values are so strong that her face won’t see the light of day but Dunkin points light up her life. Here is the Muslim law – Wearing of the hijab was enforced by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan required women to cover not only their head but their face as well, because “the face of a woman is a source of corruption” for men not related to them.
I understand following a religion by the book but I doubt the book has a section on smartphones because I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be for them if your face is “a source of corruption.” I promise that the phone and its infinite wisdom has far more corruption than a face. The Koran hasn’t been updated to include these sins. It feels fake.
I think this may be a case of tradition and established culture impacting the realities of participating in modern life. The Amish ascribe to many ways of life – but now take contracting jobs doing roofs with new materials, framing, etc. And drug production + sales it seems…
It is dangerous to assume that a person behaves the way they do simply based on choice – while ignoring the cultural, social and familial factors that contribute to it.
For instance, Sam noted that he tried mustard for the first time only a few years ago. Now he is eating duck, traveling the world, eating any kind of crustacean he can get his hands on.
There will always be people who abuse and hide behind the tenets of the culture the “need” to be a part of – but there are also as many or more who are only there because that is all they have known.
One day, we can all be Sam eating mustard.