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When family members police ancestral religious obligations

My family thinks I dishonor my Muslim grandfather by not wearing hijab but he died when I was five and I barely remember him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Living relatives can impose spiritual expectations based on deceased family members who had minimal direct influence on our actual development.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancestors in faith — the continuing relationship?”

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