I started wearing the hijab (the headscarf Muslim women wear) since I was 14, out of my own free will. Now 10 years later, my thoughts have changed and I don’t want to wear it anymore. I’ve been having thoughts of taking it off for at least 6 months but haven’t done it. The worst part is that I feel more guilty and afraid of facing my quite religious parents with this than God if I stop wearing it. I feel like a hypocrite doing something I don’t believe in anymore, but I really can’t begin to describe how disappointed and shocked my parents would be if I took it off.
