Ali Dawah - HIJAB EXPERIMENT LEAVES LONDON SHOCKED

00:00:00.000 I actually find it quite offensive that this is on.

00:00:03.060 I think it's disgusting that you're trying to force someone to...

00:00:06.300 Is it? So it's no problem.

00:00:07.720 There's no concern. There's no concern for you.

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00:00:50.760 oh oh hi there guys yes I'm doing another social experiment Bob sisters

00:00:54.040 done this about seven eight years ago alhamdulillah always trying to encourage our sisters in hot

00:00:58.820 weather to keep firm to their deen alhamdulillah inspired by my wife and myself alhamdulillah a

00:01:03.740 couple of years ago we've done another one and today we decided with my wife's help well thanks

00:01:09.360 for the term issue from her and with her help inshallah came up with renting this van going

00:01:13.900 around london all over across london and giving this message to our sisters who are wearing the

00:01:18.500 hijab in this hot weather we came across hostile people who tried to cause problems which was

00:01:23.600 absolutely shocking thinking that they are forced subhanallah we spoke to many people saw many

00:01:27.960 reactions throughout them throughout the city today we're going to find out inshallah how that

00:01:32.180 when you're going to see their reactions and i hope that it brings some kind of encouragement

00:01:36.200 to our sisters who are going through all kinds of struggles hamdulillah be it the heat be it the

00:01:40.980 heat from god knows left right center and subhanallah the islamophobes and some of them that

00:01:45.440 we came across today let's go and see what london or how london is going to react to this message

00:01:50.440 inshallah inspired by my wife let's go and hit the streets inshallah i'll see you guys soon

00:02:20.440 Alhamdulillah, two sisters here. We're just going to get their reaction, inshallah.

00:02:45.900 Did you guys see it or did I point you at this?

00:02:48.680 He was walking.

00:02:50.440 yeah did you did you did you see it yes yes how do you feel because obviously we

00:02:55.180 know it's very difficult wearing the hijab in this hot weather so we wanted

00:02:58.540 to do this as an encouragement from your brother it was my wife idea by the

00:03:01.840 way it was not my idea my wife he said listen is how I don't know how hot it's

00:03:05.020 for her you know how does this make you feel it makes my heart feel like I'm in

00:03:09.760 peace every time yeah how about you how are you I'm 21

00:03:14.980 Mashallah, yes. And how long have you been wearing the hijab? All your life?

00:03:17.220 Yeah, since I was seven. 0.99

00:03:18.580 Mashallah. So when you see this, words in the Quran, words of encouragement,

00:03:22.420 we know it's really difficult, but how does it make you feel?

00:03:24.580 It makes me feel great. I do wear the hijab for the sake of Allah,

00:03:27.460 and I don't think I would ever take it off because of the heat, and it's too hot.

00:03:31.940 I feel like, yeah, I feel like it's really nice, and I think it's a really good quote.

00:03:35.860 Like, I like to give people a good encouragement.

00:03:39.380 What advice would you give to some sisters who are like, you know what,

00:03:42.020 there's pressure there's social media influences taking the hijab off uh sadly we've got people

00:03:47.140 who wear the hijab but they say words that others to take the hijab off what advice would you give

00:03:52.260 to young people who are wearing the hijab in this hot weather and they want to take it off

00:03:57.540 hell is harder hell is definitely harder than this weather yeah inshallah i would say like um 1.00

00:04:04.580 You shouldn't take it off just because your prayer is done, you just need to keep it and

00:04:11.760 it will make your heart better, you know, somehow, somewhere like the Prophet Ibrahim, 0.75

00:04:17.320 they throw him out of fire and then the fire turns it to be like a prayer. 0.82

00:04:21.320 Same thing, when I'm wearing hijab and before I go out, I might feel like, oh, it's going

00:04:26.820 to be hard, but then I don't feel it, so it's just imagination.

00:04:32.020 as a Muslim woman what message would you give or how does this make you feel

00:04:36.100 driving around London seeing something like this obviously like I know it's

00:04:40.900 important to like be covered and stuff but I guess it's really hot and most 1.00

00:04:45.040 people like hijabis might like take off the hijab or like open it a bit just like how I am or something like that but obviously it is hard to keep it but it's like just remember that you're doing it for Allah and like just be modest and try hard 1.00

00:04:59.020 Fantastic. That's why we've got hashtag hijab for Allah. 0.99

00:05:02.040 Because at the end of the day, you're not doing what you're doing, or even myself. 0.91

00:05:05.260 I don't wake up for Fajr for my wife, or for other people. 0.81

00:05:09.140 It's for Allah. This is why it's really important for us to de-center anything else. 0.93

00:05:12.920 Do you get what I'm trying to say? 0.97

00:05:13.500 And even yourself, sister, for example, obviously you're not wearing the hijab,

00:05:16.200 but hijab is not just something that you wear on your head.

00:05:17.880 Do you get what I'm trying to say?

00:05:18.700 Hijab starts from the whole body, the way you talk.

00:05:21.120 And hijab is not only for sisters as well, it's all for us men as well.

00:05:24.200 So, how is your personal hijab? Have you worn it before?

00:05:27.260 i've worn it before i've worn it a few times like i take it off here and there

00:05:31.580 i think for the girls that they struggle with it i think it's better to try than to not do it at all

00:05:38.460 and even if you take it off and you put it on sometimes like the hijab is not like something 0.90

00:05:43.180 to play with and a joke but it's at least if you have the niya the good intention then i think that

00:05:48.860 it's a good start no problem so i'll keep you guys firm inshaAllah obviously as your brothers in

00:05:52.860 islam uh we're not perfect uh but we just want you to know that subhanallah we know we obviously

00:05:58.060 we cannot ever feel how it is you know i'm trying to say i'm in this and i've got like a shirt and

00:06:01.980 i know how hot it is you know i'm trying to say i know we need to cover up as well from our naval

00:06:05.020 to our knee so i just wanted to know that as your brothers we are proud of you guys may allah bless

00:06:08.540 and preserve you uh inshallah and keep you guys strong and yourself as well don't forget and no

00:06:12.620 matter where your journey is if it's starting with the outer hijab like from here apples etc

00:06:17.980 just know hamdulillah you are carrying the eye of the quran on your hair inshallah

00:06:22.860 Hello, hello. Can we ask you some questions regarding this? 0.90

00:06:27.540 No, I actually find it quite offensive that this is on mainstream.

00:06:32.580 Oh is it? Okay, that's fine. Why do you find it offensive?

00:06:34.900 I think it's disgusting that you're trying to force women to... 1.00

00:06:38.540 Is it? So do you believe you're free to dress up how you dress up? 0.79

00:06:42.100 Exactly.

00:06:43.100 Really? So the beauty industry, the opposite gender, social media has no influence on that? 0.97

00:06:47.260 Of course it has an influence. 1.00

00:06:48.780 Oh, it does.

00:06:49.720 Okay, interesting.

00:06:50.640 So you believe this is forced, but how you dress is not forced?

00:06:54.080 So you actually think...

00:06:54.900 I'm free to dress.

00:06:55.820 You're free.

00:06:56.900 Is it?

00:06:57.320 So if you're free to dress,

00:06:58.180 so you believe that the makeup industry, the beauty industry,

00:07:00.440 the Botox industry has no influence on your decision-making factors?

00:07:03.300 It has no decision on mine.

00:07:04.540 Oh, really?

00:07:04.960 I disagree with it.

00:07:05.280 So when you wake up in the morning... 0.88

00:07:06.820 I honestly see a lot of girls. 0.88

00:07:07.700 Have you read a book called Beauty Sick? 1.00

00:07:09.280 It talks about this...

00:07:09.920 No, I haven't.

00:07:10.080 Okay, so it's written by...

00:07:11.240 It's not a Muslim author, by the way. 0.78

00:07:12.280 I've read a lot of feminist thoughts. 1.00

00:07:13.780 But yeah, if you can read a book called Beauty Sick, 1.00

00:07:15.440 it talks about the sickness of beauty,

00:07:18.780 They absolutely were commodified and it's wrong.

00:07:20.780 Good. Starving themselves to have the perfect body that is rigged.

00:07:23.780 By the way, I follow a lot of Arab feminist thinkers who disagree with the sort of Western imperialist idea.

00:07:30.780 So what's forced about this, can you tell me? 1.00

00:07:32.780 There are lots of women that are forced into the hijab. There are lots of women that choose the hijab by choice. 1.00

00:07:36.780 There are lots of women that are forced into the hijab. 0.95

00:07:38.780 No, no, no. There are more women that are oppressed by their beauty standards. 1.00

00:07:42.780 There are so many more girls who are starving themselves. 1.00

00:07:44.780 I think women all over the world are oppressed by beauty standards. 1.00

00:07:46.780 No, no, no. If you look at it, for example... 1.00

00:07:48.520 Can you say that the women in Iran that are murdered are not wearing a hijab?

00:07:52.220 Okay, so where did you get that information from?

00:07:55.340 The news.

00:07:55.940 Oh, the news, okay.

00:07:57.480 Which news?

00:07:58.260 The girl that was murdered.

00:07:59.900 Oh, murdered for what? 0.99

00:08:00.600 For not wearing a hijab.

00:08:01.040 Well, there was a video that went around Iran, and there was somebody who recorded the streets of Iran,

00:08:05.940 so many women who don't wear the hijab.

00:08:07.660 This propaganda doesn't work anymore. 1.00

00:08:09.240 Because I just want to know why you feel so offended that a woman, 0.97

00:08:12.940 if a woman was walking in a bikini here, would you find that offensive?

00:08:16.780 I don't think it would be appropriate for the context of this street. 0.96

00:08:19.700 Well, why not? But wouldn't she say, I choose to wear the bikini?

00:08:22.980 Because we have laws in the UK about decent sale and exposure.

00:08:26.300 So where do we draw the line? Because I believe that's underwear.

00:08:29.180 I think we draw the line with most of what people wear in the West.

00:08:32.140 Okay, so who says that what's correct to wear and what's not?

00:08:35.740 Our Western standards. It's our Western culture.

00:08:38.220 Good. So do you not believe that's subjective?

00:08:40.540 I don't think Western culture is subjective.

00:08:42.460 It is subjective. It's a human decision.

00:08:43.980 It's not subjective. Western culture is Western culture.

00:08:46.220 So your generation in the UK a hundred years ago, they used to dress up just like Muslim women. 1.00

00:08:52.220 They did not dress up. 1.00

00:08:53.220 Yes, they did. Go to YouTube, they did.

00:08:56.220 I'm a history student.

00:08:57.220 Yes, you should not. Go to YouTube and write in the 1900s.

00:08:59.220 In the 1920s, women were wearing low waistlines, they were wearing androgynous clothes. 1.00

00:09:04.220 They weren't wearing head coverings. 0.62

00:09:06.220 And there was a video that was shown to them of a shortcut cleavage

00:09:11.220 and they said women that are inappropriate wear, that kind of stuff.

00:09:14.220 So, the subjective norms there...

00:09:15.660 To every woman in 1920s Britain. 0.99

00:09:17.660 Perfect. So, please say that again. 1.00

00:09:18.840 To every woman in 1920s Britain. 0.99

00:09:20.020 Good. So, bikini was also something that's an underwear. 0.96

00:09:22.680 That was first introduced, but then it was denied by a lot of women. 1.00

00:09:25.540 They saw that as scandalous.

00:09:26.520 They wore swimming costumes in the 1920s.

00:09:28.320 Good. But the bikini was seen as something outrageous.

00:09:31.160 I'm giving you consent to filming.

00:09:33.360 What's your problem?

00:09:34.020 There's no consent. There's no consent for filming.

00:09:35.700 Hello, hello. Hey, hey.

00:09:36.520 I do not give people consent.

00:09:37.740 Relax yourself here. Calm down. Don't get too excited, yeah?

00:09:39.940 What's your problem? Why do you wear shorts?

00:09:41.940 I'm no consent.

00:09:42.580 And why are you wearing t-shirt?

00:09:43.820 Why are you wearing t-shirts?

00:09:44.800 Why are you wearing t-shirt?

00:09:45.140 I'm asking a question, why are you wearing t-shirt?

00:09:46.620 I will not argue...

00:09:47.180 Who told you to wear shorts?

00:09:48.540 Who told you to wear shorts?

00:09:49.940 Okay, I'm asking a question, do you choose to wear shorts?

00:09:52.420 Allah told me to wear shorts...

00:09:54.060 Allah told you to wear shorts! 1.00

00:09:54.900 Okay, okay? 0.99

00:09:55.720 Do you put makeup?...

00:09:57.940 Do you wear...

00:09:58.140 I'm just asking, do you wear makeup?

00:09:59.980 Yeah...

00:10:00.300 No, no, no, no, no!

00:10:01.000 Do you come to us, but when I question you, you don't like it

00:10:03.980 Okay, good!

00:10:04.840 Do you choose to wear makeup?

00:10:05.960 I don't give you myargent....

00:10:06.680 Do you choose to wear makeup...

00:10:08.320 Do you choose to wear makeup?

00:10:09.220 Yeah, you can record us as well, that's fine. I'm on YouTube anyways.

00:10:12.040 Do you choose to wear makeup?

00:10:13.840 Do you choose to wear shorts?

00:10:15.800 Are you not sexualized? 0.98

00:10:17.640 Are you not fake? 0.97

00:10:18.140 Well, hello, my name is Ali Dao.

00:10:19.220 You can follow me on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

00:10:21.080 So, this lady came and she said that,

00:10:23.360 I think she said what, women are repressed or something along those lines? 0.99

00:10:26.160 But she can't answer questions.

00:10:27.160 There we go. Thank you very much.

00:10:28.200 Because we do not give you consent.

00:10:29.740 Yes, yes. Do we give you consent when she film me?

00:10:32.100 No.

00:10:32.660 There you go.

00:10:33.880 There you go.

00:10:34.620 Who filmed this? 1.00

00:10:35.780 Are you Muslim? 1.00

00:10:37.140 Yeah, that's now. 0.97

00:10:37.960 Are you Muslim? 0.80

00:10:38.560 Yeah, look. 0.98

00:10:38.920 yeah thank you you can't you can't deal with it you can't let's do this discussion what's your

00:10:43.960 problem my problem is yes yes you cannot put public information that's a dense analysis

00:10:48.760 guidelines against against what against what is it is that yes and your point is urge woman

00:10:57.000 urge woman and who are you to decide on their behalf because i am okay do you choose to dress

00:11:01.560 up how you dress up i'm asking a simple question do you choose to wear shorts i am a woman okay

00:11:06.040 do you choose to wear shorts i'm not answering your question babe i'm not your babe with all

00:11:12.040 due respect yes bye stay the day babe they're enforcing enforcing work like literally forcing 0.59

00:11:19.400 woman to detect take your hijab off that's the definition they're so offended how dare you etc

00:11:26.040 is it do you choose to dress up how you dress up no you don't you're coerced by the beauty 0.98

00:11:29.160 industry the botox industry yeah okay uh bbm brazilian butt lifts do die in the process wearing 1.00

00:11:33.880 makeup. Are you influenced? Oh, is that coercion? No. Hypocrisy. Alhamdulillah. It's been,

00:11:39.000 I wasn't expecting this, but it's been a lot of reality. And this is another thing that sisters

00:11:43.320 have to deal with. Yes? On top of the heat and on top of whatever, whatever, 1.00

00:11:48.600 brothers who have extreme views. And they have to deal with these idiotic people. 1.00

00:12:03.880 okay so basically we're doing a well not social experiment but just doing a little campaign today 1.00

00:12:19.140 we've been driving around london with this message uh we'll give you a little just an idea

00:12:23.440 so obviously you guys know the weather's been hot yeah yeah i can see you know you're in a vest

00:12:26.920 you know that's not come on yeah he's flexing the biceps okay so it's been quite hot and as you know

00:12:33.040 Muslim women have to wear the hijab so what we're doing is just you know what

00:12:36.040 words of encouragement would you guys give as Christians you know because

00:12:38.980 wearing their hijab in this hot weather is difficult it can get really hot then

00:12:42.800 you've got people Islamophobes who want to attack them take the hijab off what

00:12:47.320 words of encouragement would you give to Muslim women who are watching this who 0.83

00:12:49.960 wear the hijab that's what it's I would say stay rude in your faith you know

00:12:54.660 and never be socially pressured to ever give up on what you believe in you know 0.99

00:13:00.340 because at the end of the day, what matters is the validation of God above and not the people, you know what I mean?

00:13:05.140 So I would say anything that these people can only do, they can only do to your body and not actually your soul, you know what I mean?

00:13:10.260 And your soul is the most important thing in eternity. 0.95

00:13:12.140 In this country, the standards, what is normal here is that women don't wear head coverings. That is normal. 0.98

00:13:19.180 No, no, who defined us? Where did you get that from? Sorry, how did you give that to me?

00:13:22.820 Just us living in this country, in the world.

00:13:24.020 No, no, no, but you're about 100 years ago. You're a history teacher, yes?

00:13:27.820 I'm a history student.

00:13:28.600 sorry students yeah one day you might be a teacher you will agree that this video that you i was 0.91

00:13:33.000 watching it said that women who were wearing showing the cleavage just a little bit okay 0.93

00:13:40.120 but my point was that's not normal in this country women have been women women have been wearing 0.96

00:13:45.240 headscarf from day dot from day dot good it is not a part of british good for women perfect because 0.98

00:13:53.160 it's changed but before british women and every woman on planet earth would wear a headscarf 0.95

00:13:58.200 Can you tell me a time in British history within the past millennia 0.99

00:14:02.380 where women have been compelled by culture to wear headscarf?

00:14:05.300 No, no, no, not compelled.

00:14:06.980 It was the norm to wear the hijab. 0.87

00:14:08.540 Where it was the norm to wear a headscarf in the past millennia. 1.00

00:14:10.380 Look, if you want, I can show you the video myself. 1.00

00:14:12.580 Look, let me show you the video.

00:14:13.340 Of course.

00:14:13.580 This was in the 1900s.

00:14:15.120 I don't know the exact time, yeah? 1.00

00:14:16.660 And there were women who were literally walking down the streets 1.00

00:14:18.960 and they had their heads covered. 0.99

00:14:20.920 Okay.

00:14:21.280 Look. 0.64

00:14:22.360 All right, British.

00:14:23.020 And that wasn't just because everyone wore hats outside at that point?

00:14:25.800 Nope, look.

00:14:26.400 Which it is because I do fashion history.

00:14:27.740 yep let's see look yes so the my point is this look these are look look look at all of them 0.93

00:14:36.620 but they're not wearing hijabs they're holding them over their heads because it's raining

00:14:40.060 they're not head stars it's raining it's not raining you're adding you're adding you're

00:14:44.620 changing the weather you're changing the weather forecast they're holding them temporarily look

00:14:48.780 no no is this one holding no she's not that is not british look look look this is you this professor

00:14:53.660 look you're a student yeah this is uh let me just get 1901 this is professor vanessa tolin

00:15:00.300 cultural historian yeah do not show long hair look be covered yeah look that was the norm

00:15:13.020 back then and this is a hundred years ago this is 100 years ago that's 1901 that's 1901 yeah

00:15:20.140 I can categorically tell you that women all throughout Britain, maybe not the specific women shown in the film, but I can categorically tell you

00:15:28.140 She looks like those women, those women look like her

00:15:29.140 I can categorically tell you that women in Britain in 1901 did not walk around 0.98

00:15:33.140 Okay, I made up the video

00:15:35.140 I don't think you made it up, I'm just saying Manchester 1901, that's a very specific area of Britain at one time 0.91

00:15:40.140 Yeah, so if you're a feminist you should respect what they want to wear

00:15:43.140 Well there you go guys, Alhamdulillah, it was fantastic, amazing reaction from sisters

00:15:47.140 Both who wear the hijab and do not wear the hijab and those who are on the journey to wearing the hijab insha'Allah brothers.

00:15:51.140 I couldn't believe that we actually got hostile people that actually had an issue, they found this very offensive.

00:15:57.140 It just shows you the struggle that sisters go through by sadly certain Muslim brothers, certain Muslim sisters, society as a whole, the heat and so many other struggles.

00:16:08.140 So Allah will reward you my dear sister insha'Allah and I hope this brought some kind of coolness and if there is anyone who is on the verge of taking the hijab,

00:16:17.140 or under pressure for whatever reason i hope this encouragement allowed you to stay firm inshallah

00:16:22.100 and may i make it easy for you guys that's all i've seen children sisters till next time

Ali Dawah - July 22, 2026

HIJAB EXPERIMENT LEAVES LONDON SHOCKED

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