Hijab et ses conséquences sur la santé: Difference between revisions

Il a été noté que l’observance du hijab, des vêtements et des traditions qui les entourent, peut décourager à s’exercer sur le plan pratique et psychologique.<ref name="TDCJul12010">Caroline May - [{{Reference archive|1=http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/01/the-burka-may-be-making-muslim-women-fatter-by-discouraging-exercise/|2=2012-03-05}} The burka may be making Muslim women fatter by discouraging exercise] - The Daily Caller, 1 Juillet 2010</ref><ref name="ANSMar132012">[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2012/03/13/visualizza_new.html_131156617.html|2=2012-03-15}} Qatar: surge in diabetes/obesity, unhealthy Arab habits] - ANSAmed, 13 Mars 2012</ref> Le style vestimentaire permet de cacher facilement le ballonnement d’un repas copieux, et il peut être physiquement contraignant pour ceux qui souhaitent faire de l’exercice, surtout à l’extérieur où il faut prendre connaissance du temps (s’il fait trop chaud ou humide). En Occident, où la plupart des gymnases d’intérieur sont mixtes, la pratique sportive sans vêtements islamiques peut être très difficile pour les femmes musulmanes pratiquantes, et certaines formes de tenues islamiques peuvent rendre presque impossible la pratique de n’importe quel sport.<ref name="TDCJul12010" /><ref name="ANSMar132012" />

Selon le classement mondial du magazine The Economist, les pays ayant les taux d’obésité les plus élevés parmi les femmes sont les pays musulmans<ref name="TDCJul12010" /> (les données de 1999 à 2003 montrent que 8 des 10 premiers sont majoritairement musulmans ; le Qatar, l’Arabie Saoudite, les territoires palestiniens, le Liban, l’Albanie, le Bahreïn, l’Egypte et les Emirats Arabes Unis),<ref>[[:File:Economist rankings obesity women.JPG|Economist.com rankings for obesity among women]]</ref> et une étude de 2006 présentée par l’expert qatari Issam Abd Rabbu au séminaire "Facts About Obesity" a révélé que jusqu’à 70% des femmes vivant dans les États Arabes du Golfe (Bahreïn, Koweït, Oman, Qatar, Arabie Saoudite et Emirats Arabes Unis) étaient en surpoids ou obèses.<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=14663|2=2012-03-05}} Up to 70% of Gulf women are obese] - Middle East Online, 29 Septembre 2005</ref> Le Dr Abdul Rahman Musaiqir, chef du Centre Arabe pour la nutrition à l’Université de Bahreïn, a déclaré que le problème de l’obésité chez les femmes dans les États du Golfe est camouflé par leur tenue vestimentaire, et que les taux d’obésité sont beaucoup plus élevés que dans les pays développés.<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/gulf-women-hide-weight-under-gowns-2011-01-12-1.341366|2=2012-03-05}} Gulf women hide weight under gowns] - Emirates 24/7, 12 Janvier 12 2011</ref>

==Implications for the Islamic Faith==

The observance of hijab prevents women from getting enough vitamin D. This can lead to a whole host of disorders. For Islam as a religion, this appears to have troublesome implications.

Islam is considered by its adherents to be the perfect way of life for mankind - this appears to be a difficult position to maintain when one considers that the teachings of Islam's omniscient, omnibenevolent deity would pose a major health risk to his female followers.

It could be argued that today this can be combated with vitamin D supplementation combined with daily exposure to the sun in the privacy of ones backyard or some other location safe from the eyes of non-mahram men. However, this does not appear to be a satisfactory solution.

Many are not fortunate enough to have their own private gardens where they can sit, and sitting in front of a window inside their homes will not help because window glass only lets through UV-A rays, not UV-B and UV-C. UV-B rays are needed for the production of vitamin D.<ref>Shereen Jegtvig - [{{Reference archive|1=http://nutrition.about.com/od/askyournutritionist/f/sunlight.htm|2=2011-11-01}} How Much Sun Exposure Do I Need for Vitamin D?] - About.com, October 06, 2011</ref>

Furthermore, it was only in 1923 that it was established when 7-dehydrocholesterol is irradiated with light, a form of a fat-soluble vitamin is produced,<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.txt.asp?a=414|2=2011-08-06}} Unraveling The Enigma Of Vitamin D] - United States National Academy of Sciences, accessed August 6, 2011</ref> and until the mid-1930s, when the first commercial yeast-extract and semi-synthetic vitamin C supplement tablets were sold, vitamins were obtained solely through food intake and (in the case of vitamin D) through exposure to the sun.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitamin&oldid=442774268 Vitamin] - Wikipedia, accessed August 6, 2011</ref>

So what of the Muslim women prior to the 1930s and their vitamin intake? Furthermore, the [[Qur'an]] and [[hadith]] [[literature]], make no mention at all of the matter.

It is sometimes suggested, in response, that long-term excessive exposure to UV radiation from sunlight can cause skin cancer and other ailments. However, according to epidemiologist Robyn Lucas at Australian National University,<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20090410154214/http://nceph.anu.edu.au/Staff_Students/staff_pages/lucas.php|2=2011-08-20}} National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health] - Australian National University, October 17, 2008</ref> analysis of lifespan versus disease shows that far more lives are lost to diseases caused by lack of sunlight than by those caused by too much,<ref>Deborah Kotz - [{{Reference archive|1=http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/heart/articles/2008/06/23/time-in-the-sun-how-much-is-needed-for-vitamin-d|2=2011-08-20}} Time in the Sun: How Much Is Needed for Vitamin D?] - U.S.News, June 23, 2008</ref> and of course, a women is always capable of avoiding what she feels to be too much or too little sunlight, but the restrictive Islamic dress laws require, in effect, that this ability is taken away from her.

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