Why are they covered like that? Why Hijab?

About this lecture

In this lecture, the speaker addresses the question of why Muslim women wear hijab by examining how Western society objectifies women through media, advertising, and culture — drawing on multiple university studies to show that women are widely perceived as objects rather than persons. He traces the historical and theological roots of this objectification through early Christian thought, the sexual revolution, and Hollywood's portrayal of Arabs, arguing that hijab is not a symbol of oppression but of genuine liberation from being reduced to a sexual object. The lecture challenges Muslim women to confidently reclaim the higher ground in conversations about modesty and to recognize that true enslavement is being seen only for one's body.