 This is something, a connection between us and God He's the only one who can judge us I believe that clothes does not have anything to do with religion Salamu alaykum Hello Hello guys Hello guys I'm J. Kim and here is Jihad So today, I invited her to ask some questions about hijab Actually, I already interviewed some Muslim girls Why do you wear hijab? But there are also people who don't wear hijab So I was curious Why some people use hijab and why the other people don't use hijab? That's why I invited her So are you ready? Yeah, sure Okay Go Can you introduce yourself? Okay, so my name is Jihad And I'm from Tunisia, Tunis Yeah, I have been living in Korea for four years And I'm doing PhD in industrial engineering Imagine me being a professor You want to take my classes? Okay, so let's go to the main topic Yeah, main topic So my first question is Do you think hijab is mandatory? Do they have to wear hijab? Yes, it is It's mandatory because God said that Allah said that It's in our religion It's a must to put the hijab But you have to put it properly Or don't For me, I believe hijab is something super precious That represents Muslims You will be representing the Muslim community Wherever you go, when you are putting the hijab Everyone will look at you and be like Oh, she's a Muslim So you have to know how to behave What to say And how to dress up So if you are not up to this huge responsibility Don't do it So for me, I believe that I'm still far away to be eligible to put the hijab So I would put it one day That's a must That's something I can't like confer But not now Because I don't deserve to put it yet Like in my case I do my prayers every day Five times a day I fast I don't drink alcohol Ever, never I have never been in a club Can you imagine? Yeah So I don't eat pork I don't eat Haram food I eat just halal I follow the rules But it's a tiny percentage of the rules that we have to follow It's like the basics of being a Muslim, a real Muslim And but the next level It should be how you are like wearing It's the hijab and everything else, you know But just putting the hijab just for the style Or just to cover your head And you are not doing what you have to do Like you don't practice the religion You don't pray, you don't fast You don't care about what you are eating You eat everything What's the point of the clothes? That's what I believe So I think you should be first a good Muslim In the basic way Which means prayers, food, fasting and stuff like that And then you go to the next level When you put the hijab So that's what I think So you mean the more important thing is your belief That what you behave in front of God Not like just clothes Exactly Because clothes, it's like kind of you are doing it for people Okay, like I'm wearing this because I'm a Muslim Okay, so what about that hidden connection between you and God, you know Because first you have to satisfy God You have to satisfy like you have to be true to yourself And true to God Not just like showing people, oh, I'm a Muslim But behind you are not doing anything related to Islam So how can you say you are a good Muslim? Okay, like you will look at me and be like Oh, look at her, she's wearing like this Why is she talking about Islam? I practice our religion I do my prayers five times a day I do everything I can to be a good Muslim But I believe that I still far away to be real good Muslim To be allowed to put the hijab Because hijab for me is a huge responsibility It's a huge responsibility And there is criteria to put the hijab Because hijab should cover you properly It's modest, you have to be covered It should not show like your body or anything So it should be like kind of big sized clothes So it doesn't show anything If you are going to put it, either put it appropriately Or stay away from it So I think don't make people point fingers to the hijab And Muslim people because of what you are doing For example, for me, I went through so many like experiences For example, I had so many Muslims in our department But in Ramadan, I was the only one who was fasting No one No one Exactly, no one They are the ones who always like judging And saying things about religion But you are not even like fasting But the thing is about that For example, when you are a Muslim You have to show a good image You are presenting a huge community, right? So if you are Muslim and you are not fasting And you are surrounded with so many people Who doesn't know anything about Islam So when they are real thinking They be like asking, oh, why she's fasting And why you are not, you see? People will be questioning you So for example, for me, Korean will come to me Be like, they are Muslims You are Muslim Why you are fasting? They are not You should not fast See, so many people are not fasting You are the only one fasting This is the thing, you know? Then you'll be like, how am I supposed to explain myself? I agree, dad You cannot judge the people because of the hijab You cannot know based on someone's clothes If he is like a believer or not If he's a religious or not, you know? It's not because that person is putting Islamic clothes It means that he is religious He practices, he's doing everything You cannot judge people Everyone is free to do whatever they want That's, I believe You want to put the hijab, put it You don't want to pray, it's your business But you cannot judge people out of their clothes Be like, oh, she's putting the hijab So she's more religious than you are She might not be praying She might not be doing anything related to the practices Like practicing the religion But I do, okay, who's closer? We cannot know This is something, a connection between us and God He's the only one who can judge us Who's true and being true to himself and to God And who is not So I believe that clothes does not have anything to do with religion It doesn't represent anything You cannot tell that person is like religious or not That's what I believe Because I saw so many cases So for you is a huge responsibility That's why you don't wear hijab Yes, that's why I don't wear it I keep saying yes Because one day I would put it Hopefully I'll be staying alive I don't know, maybe I will die tomorrow Do you think hijab should be your choice? Yes, hijab should be your choice, I believe that Because if someone like forces you to do something You will do it without They don't know why It's like I'm forced to do it I don't feel it, you know If you don't feel it and you don't really want it Why you are doing it? Why I'm doing it? And you know that If someone forces you something You want to do the opposite Yeah, yeah, right You feel like I want to do the opposite If a parent tell me, hey, study Why should I do it? I don't want to do it Yeah, I used to be like that all the time When I was a kid, my mom would be like Go study, no If you tell me to study, I'm not studying Let me be I will study by myself when I feel that That's human's instinct So I think so that you don't need to force them To wear hijab It's your own choice Because if you choose it and you do it You will like hold on it You will want to be like Okay, this is something super precious to me I want to hold on it But if someone forces you to do it Be like, oh my God Every time I have to pray And your mom be like, hey, go and pray And be like, I don't want to pray You see But if you just like do it Because you choose to do it No one will come to tell you Go to pray, go to do this, you know Important thing is They should understand why this happened And why do I have to do this Education is important for me Education, educate your kids first Educate why you should do this Let them know the reason behind these things Don't come to someone be like You have to do this because God said that Okay, how am I supposed to know that? You know, you cannot know that We read it in the book But why? Because believing is really hard It's a level that's hard to reach, you know It's just like coming to someone Tell him information and ask him to do that Be like, why should I do it? But help people like guide them to understand And learn why Convince them Like, convincing is the most important thing Once you are convinced about something You can do it without like Being swayed later Or someone can like influence you later And like change your mind So if you are like leaving it It's game over No one can like change your mind Or like control you or influence you somehow Like for me, for example My friends, all of them, they are foreigners They drink I go with them, but I don't drink Because my belief is strong I don't do it It's not because I'm being like Oh, no one is seeing I'm not doing it because no one is seeing me It's because I believe that It's my own beliefs I don't want to do it Even if like I'm the only human being in this planet And if you're like putting alcohol in front of me Like drinking, I'm not going to drink it Because I believe that I should not do it Beliefs are the most important things That's really a good point Because if some people think If you don't wear hijab, then they think Your belief is not strong Yes Why you don't wear hijab? But belief is different It has nothing to do Either you have a strong belief And you are determined to do something No one can change your mind, you know So that's what I believe I don't want to be like Just trying to show people a good image While I'm doing something opposite behind people, you know I want my relation with God to be clean Based on honesty and strong And I don't care about what people are thinking Be like, oh, look at you How you are wearing it Okay, so what? Okay, I love clothes What am I supposed to do? But yeah, that's something like between me and God So we cannot judge people based on their clothes So yeah Yeah, that was a really good point It was really informative to me Because I was always curious about that Why someone wears hijab? And why someone doesn't wear hijab? But I think I realize that now The important thing is belief Not clothes Even if you wear hijab If you don't follow the rules to haram things Then What's the point? Putting the hijab is showing that you are like religious You are representing the whole Muslim community So you have to be up to that responsibility Yeah, I think so too But if you are just like putting the hijab And doing all the haram things So you are just like destroying the reputation of the Muslims I don't know what's the point Like, tell me So I think in my opinion You should respect every Duman being Whether he wears hijab or not I think you cannot judge them It's their choice So I think we should respect that Try to get to know about people's personality How they think, their mindset Try to figure out the real color of people That's the most important thing Their beliefs and their personality is more important You cannot see a person wearing hijab And you are like, no, these terrorists Let them go away You know? Then, like, what is that? You know, you cannot do that Try to approach people Ask It's okay Like, asking is for free Like, who's going to say No, I'm not going to answer you If you don't know something Try to find the answer Just don't flow blindly What Mitya say What other people say Approach people Be open Like, hug other people It's okay, people Are you? Isn't it hard? No, like, it's like I'm saying it You know, hugging other culture You have not hugged the culture Follow and love each other Yeah Yeah, just accept each other Like, the way they are Like, there is always good in the bad And there is bad in the good Like, just be happy Like, love people Love yourself, you know? Thank you for answering me I will come back with another content So be safe and be careful And take care of yourself And love yourself Love yourself And follow him Thank you Thank you Thank you Bye-bye Peace be upon you I'm really excited Excited? Why? Because it's you That's right