Muslim teen reveals father's response to removing hijab

Fed up of people suggesting all Muslim women are ‘forced’ to wear hijabs,

 17-year-old Lamyaa asked her dad what he’d think if she stopped 

wearing it - and his response was everything.

Lamyaa, an Arab Muslim woman living in Pennsylvania, US,
 had received derogatory comments online about her faith and
 the fact she wore a hijab.
 One person even suggested that if she stopped wearing it, her
 father would “beat her”.
So, Lamyaa sent her dad a message telling him she was considering
 removing her hijab and later tweeted her father’s response,
 which countered the stereotype that all Muslim women are oppressed by men.

“People believe that Islam is misogynistic, hateful, or violent,
 and I think that stems from their inability to
 differentiate culture and religion,” Lamyaa later told Upworthy. 

“Islam is a religion and, like all religions, it is what you bring to it.”