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How religious transitions challenge secular assumptions

I started wearing hijab last month and my liberal friends keep asking if someone is pressuring me, like I can't make my own choices.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Increased religious observance can trigger paternalistic responses from secular communities who frame devotion as oppression.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Life transitions as identity events?”

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