On last night’s episode of All-American Muslim, we spent some time with Samira, who is struggling to conceive a child. She visited her imam — the leader of her mosque — to talk about IVF, but he had bad news, saying that if she used her husband’s sperm, it would be okay, but using some other man’s sperm to get pregnant was forbidden by God. (Samira and her husband both have fertility issues.) Samira decided that in order to be blessed with a child, she needed to try and please God — by wearing a hijab, which she hasn’t worn since 9/11. She stopped wearing a headscarf after 9/11, she says, because “there are still people who view Muslims and view Islam as something that’s scary.” Samira still worries about going on vacation or being “in the middle of nowhere,” and having people “freak out” because she is wearing a hijab.
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