Coverings Worn by Muslim Women

For many Westerners it is difficult to know the different outer garments of Muslim women. Some of them have totally a wrong idea about how a certain garment may really look like. this makes some even to be against some clothing which was also regular female dress in our regions up to the 1960ies.

It is nice to be able to see the differentiates explained so clearly in the article by “an independent” who was a Beverly Hills Democratic Party lawn party member in Cheviot Hills (immediately south of Beverly Hills).

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Hijab, niqab, burka = lots of different kinds of coverings worn by Muslim women all over the world.

 

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Preceding articles:

Meditating Muslimah on “hijab to be a religious obligation”

The Dress Code for Women in the Quran

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Further reading

1. Peeling off the oppressive layer
2. Burqa, Niqāb and Analogies
3. The Burqa Question(s)
4. Muslim Masks: Niqab and Burqa
5. Islamism, Feminism & Defiance
6. Richard Dawkins on Palestine, Jews, Science and the Burqa – Newsnight
7. Why Are We So Terrified of Muslim Women?
8. Hijabs Oppress Women! Unless It’s For Fashion…..
9. Veiled Mystery
10. Chances of Love
11. The burqas are better in Langkawi
12. Liberal dictators?
13. Get Your Face Out for The Lads
14. Is the Burqa truly Islamic?
15. Burqas/Veils – liberating feminist attire or misogynistic throwback to primitive superstition?
16. The Fashionable Strangers
17. Unveiled: It’s now NO burqa or €405 fine in Netherlands
18. Afghan artist challenges the burqa through graffiti
19. Gisele Bundchen Wears Burqa To Visit Plastic Surgeon
20. Opinion of the Day: Bündchen and the Burqa
21. Who cares if supermodel Gisele wears a burqa?
22. When Salman Khan wore a burqa
23. Comfortable Outfit for College
24. A Week Of Women – Day 1
25. Ban Burqa – Full body Islamic covering
26. To ban or not ban the burqa?
27. On The Naqab Debate
28. Debate Surrounding the Full-Face Veil: France, Belgium and Spain
29. And the Debate About the Full-Face Veil Continues in Spain…
30. On the niqab…
31. On Veil Bans and Cultural Contradictions – Excerpt
32. French Police Reminding Travelers Of The Burqa Ban In French Alps
33. Cameroon Bans Burqa In Far North Region
34. The dream
35. On International Women’s Day, Clothes and Being Female
36. Reflections of a Muslim Woman in a post 9/11 World
37. Le regard des hommes
38. Muslimah, Buang Saja Jilbabmu
39. Il tuo burqa finisce dove inizia la mia libertà. Ode al Ticino.

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Related articles

• PEW RESEARCH: How People in Muslim Countries Believe Women Should Dress (directorblue.blogspot.com)
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• The Lights That Failed: Terrorism Double Standards in San Bernardino, Paris…and Baicheng? (counterpunch.org)
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• Meditating Muslimah on “hijab to be a religious obligation” (steppingtoes.wordpress.com)
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The final debate prior to a national election in Canada for the prime minister’s position was partially focused on the right of Muslim women to wear a niqab.  The number of Muslims in Canada is about 1 million people.  According to Canada’s 2011 National Household Survey about 3.2% of the Canadian population, making them the second largest religion after Christianity. Muslims are not likely to influence the outcome of the election. The dilemma for western nations is the question of acceptance of Muslims. If their growing numbers results in sharia law taking priority over national laws then there will be a problem.

So what is a niqab?  The BBC offered the following explanation and drawings of the various head covering used by Muslim women.

Hijab, niqab, burka – there are lots of different kinds of coverings worn by Muslim women all over the world.

Some wear a headscarf to cover their…

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