Bro, same. You summed up my thoughts better than I ever could. Im an exmuslim too and my mom wears the Niqab. I didn’t go to my convocation because that would mean my mom would also come and I’m the only Muslim in my entire class.

I know I shouldn’t feel this way but sometimes I feel glad that she had a miscarriage with her daughter because otherwise she might have tried to impose her ideology on her and I would have arguments with her non stop. in a way I’m glad that can of worms was left unopened because it means I’ve never experienced her force it on anyone.

I understand where she’s coming from but at the same time I don’t want to be associated with it, it’s nuts.

But at the same time, I’ll fight against anyone who forces her to not wear it because it’s her choice. She might be brainwashed, but she can say the same thing about women who don’t wear “modest” clothes, saying they’ve been brainwashed into pandering for the male gaze. Whatever your opinion of that might be, it’s almost impossible to argue on that because it’s not for anyone to decide who’s brainwashed and who’s not.