Muslim dad sends heartwarming texts to daughter after racist hijab comment

A Muslim dad had the sweetest advice for his teenage daughter when she told him she was considering taking off her hijab.
Lamyaa, a 17-year-old from Pennsylvania,
USA, turned to her dad after someone sent
her an aggressive, racist remark.


She told BuzzFeed she is a member of a group chat that includes some
people she doesn’t know, and the divisive
topic of Donald Trump was brought up.
Lamyaa told BUZZFEED: ‘I personally had very strong views considering the presidency did impact me because I am an Arab, Muslim woman.’
But a guy in the chat didn’t take kindly to her comments, responding: ‘Stop defending
Islam bitch shut up you couldn’t take that
scarf off or your dad would beat your ass.’

So, Lamyaa texted her dad, who is currently
living in Saudi Arabia, to find out if he would in fact ‘beat her ass’.
And his response couldn’t have been more
heartwarming.
When she said she wanted to tell him
something, he replied ‘talk to me’ and ‘are
you ok, my love?’ in Arabic.
Lamyaa told him she was thinking about
taking her hijab off, and her dad replied:
‘Sweetheart that’s not my decision to make.
That’s no man’s decision to make.

‘If it’s what you feel like you want to do, go
ahead. I’ll support you no matter what.’
She posted a screenshot of the conversation
on Twitter with the caption, ‘Since this is a
mentality a lot of you seem to have’ – and
nearly 150,000 retweets later, it’s safe to say
she has made her point.
Lamyaa told BuzzFeed: ‘Women — in the
Middle East specifically — face oppression
but it is due to culture not religion.
‘People often mix the two and say the cultural
practices are religious practices. That is far
from the truth.’
Oh, and if you’re wondering, no way is she
removing that hijab.
Lamyaa turned to her dad, and he delivered
(Picture: Twitter/lxmyaa)
She received this message in a group chat
(Picture: Twitter/ @lxmyaa)
Her dad has got her back (Picture: Twitter/
@lxmyaa)
Nice one, Baba (Picture: Twitter/ @lxmyaa)


no i'm not taking my hijab off