I prefer that people be discreet about their religious affiliations when not relevant, yes, but when they are given a public forum AS Muslims, I expect them  to use it for what it was meant, i.e. inform the public about their beliefs, just as I expect a priest given a column will express what his beliefs are.

There are splits within the Muslim community, that is obvious to all. The more liberal ones are just as critical of the conservatives as liberal Xians are of fundamentalists, so why isd it that supposedly "liberal" newspapers give the conservatives a mouthpiece rather than their liberal critics?

I use "hijabi" because that is what they call themselves. Isn't using the term they prefer the politically correct way? And it's interesting that having claimed it is "prejudice" to assume all Muslims are "conservative", now even wearing a hijab isn't considered "conservative", it actually takes a burqa to qualify?  

tbctnd