With the decade wrapping up, people are reflecting on where they were ten years ago, and even who they were. You change a lot in a decade and it can feel like an entirely different person stepped into 2010 than who will be stepping into 2020. All this reflection combined with a love of taking selfies led to folks posting side-by-side pictures of themselves ten years ago and today, to show the “glow up.” It’s more extreme for some than others, but one young woman is sharing way more than a better skincare routine.

Twitter user @SynSuzy shared her “start of the decade vs end of the decade” pics and sparked way more conversation than she probably intended. In the first picture, she’s wearing a hijab. In the second, she’s not. Can you see the difference?

Start of the decade vs end of the decade✨ pic.twitter.com/U32dunLP87 — Important Babe (@SynSuzy) December 6, 2019

Her pictures went viral, probably because a lot of people have opinions about them. Many of those opinions were pretty negative and accused @SynSuzy of losing her way, wanting to please men over God, and other sins:

Well, your decade ended up pretty badly. — Saća (Influenserka) (@halilovic_saca) December 7, 2019

From “this is me” to “can you see my butt and cleavage or should i wear something else ?” — Med (@MeddSah) December 6, 2019

May Allah guide you 🙂 — Muhammad (@FishBiryaniMan) December 7, 2019

Question! Why is everyone happy about this???

I mean, why do ppl make it look like we’re doing this for other people and not god?

And why are the ones supporting this Muslims..this is actually very sad and disappointing… — loading… (@salma_abuzaid_) December 6, 2019

Nothing to be proud off 🙄 — Zahramtr (@ZahraaMA92) December 6, 2019

Where is the courage? Anybody can take off his cloths,wearing hot shorts ,crop tops ,ect.. but not everybody can keep wearing hijab. — Ghada Mahmoud (@Ghadaamahmoudd) December 7, 2019

Definitely looks better in the first pic tf

She thinks she is cool now ugh — 💎Apathetic Tasneem💎 (@_TAZ_PARADOX) December 6, 2019

From pleasing Allah to pleasing men’s lower half. — 🇩🇿 ⭐⭐ (@RationalMuslim2) December 7, 2019

I feeling like crying for you.. This is a big L. — OMO MUSHIN (@Nlanla26) December 7, 2019

Nothing to be proud of.. being available for all is so bad for a girl 👌hijab is nice — Anas⁦🇵🇸⁩ (@_anas_maher_) December 7, 2019

But for every negative comment in her replies, there was a defender. Some of the people who defended her had also once worn a hijab. Some still did, but think it’s everyone’s choice to decide how they dress:

Some time by forcing some thing on, it creates more hate and frustration. I have Iranian friends who stopped practicing religion the day they landed on UK soil as it was forced on them. Its against human nature. — Bilal Mir (@BilalMi99680979) December 6, 2019

Nah, she looks much better in the second, the fact she doesn’t have to wear a symbol of oppression anymore is amazing for her, and she can express herself freely. — person (@som3guy33) December 7, 2019

It is. I will forever celebrate women finding their freedom, shedding religious shackles and literally emerging as a beautiful butterfly! I celebrate w a pang if sadness that it took me so long to break free…but I’m so glad to see women smash through while they’re young 🙌🥰❤️ — Yasmine Mohammed ياسمين محمد 🦋 (@YasMohammedxx) December 6, 2019

god doesnt want you to be unhappy, all the religions and sacred books of the world were made by humans, created by humans and humans wishes. If there’s really a god, it probably wouldn’t want you to do something you don’t feel comfortable, happy or completely good doing. — Marianita 🥀 (@dimemarianitaa) December 7, 2019

If someone did force u ,that’s against the guidelines and isn’t right.Hijab and Islam is all about intentions and what is in your heart.All I want to say that I am a Muslim girl and I still have freedom .Because Islam is loving.Also for the girls judging this girl. don’t.ALL love — yetunde 🇳🇬🕋💕 (@arafat_azeez) December 7, 2019

that applies for both the first pic and the second pic. but she likes the second one — Meow Kitty (@Miaw_meowkitty) December 8, 2019

@SynSuzy wrote in the replies that she’s not Muslim anymore, so the change in her outfit is more than a change of clothes:

I’m not muslim but thank you, so are you♥️♥️ — Important Babe (@SynSuzy) December 6, 2019

Not muslim anymore* — Important Babe (@SynSuzy) December 6, 2019

But she doesn’t seem that angry with the folks disagreeing with her change in perspective. In a thread that seems related but isn’t attached to her pics, she wrote, “Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, way of life, their own religion or lack of, and everyone has the right to express that. Your rights stop when you start to try to control others and force them to behave how you see fit or harm them in any manner. Let’s be civil thanks.”

On that note, respectful discussions about your opinions that do not dehumanize the other part = good, constructive, shares your point of view in a good light. Attacking, threatening, and hateful speech = fruitless, most likely to increase defensiveness and hate, not helping any1 — Important Babe (@SynSuzy) December 9, 2019

Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, way of life, their own religion or lack of, and everyone has the right to express that. Your rights stop when you start to try to control others’ and force them to behave how you see fit or harm them in any manner. Let’s be civil thanks — Important Babe (@SynSuzy) December 9, 2019

It seems as though she’s given things a lot of thought in the last ten years.