Hijabi Chic in the O.C.

I saw two women at the Apple store some time back with full burqas (only face and hands visible), and before that I saw a women with black abaya and niqab --- the only thing I could see was her eyes.

Bottom line is that the hijab denotes Islamist oppression, as Wikipedia indicates:

Some Muslims believe hijab covering for women should be compulsory as part of sharia, i.e. Muslim law. Wearing of the hijab was enforced by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and is enforced in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Islamic Emirate required women to cover not only their head but their face as well, because "the face of a woman is a source of corruption" for men not related to them. While some women wholeheartedly embrace the rules, others protest by observing the rules in an inconsistent fashion, or flouting them whenever possible. Sudan's criminal code allows the flogging or fining of anyone who “violates public morality or wears indecent clothing”, albeit without defining "indecent clothing" ...

Thus I'm not convinced everything's all hip and rosy with the O.C. Muslims who're pumping up hijabi culture as a hip trend in Muslim outerwear. Check LAT for the story.