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A burqa or a burka [a] (/ ˈ b ɜːr k ə /; Arabic: برقع) is an enveloping outer garment worn by some Muslim women which fully covers the body and the face.
Hijabophobia is a term referring to discrimination against women wearing Islamic veils, including the hijab, chador, niqāb and burqa. It is considered a gender-specific type of Islamophobia, [2] [3] [1] or simply "hostility towards the hijab". [4]
Woman of the Haredi burqa sect in Mea Shearim, a Jewish neighbourhood in the Old City of Jerusalem, 2012. The shal (shāl שָאל, lit. ' shawl ')—also called a frumka, a portmanteau of the Yiddish-language word frum and the Arabic-language word burqa —is a garment which fully covers the body and
In several countries the adherence to hijab (an Arabic noun meaning "to cover") has led to political controversies and proposals for a legal ban. The Netherlands government has decided to introduce a ban on face-covering clothing, popularly described as the "burqa ban", although it does not only apply to the Afghan-model burqa.
Paranja / ˈ p æ r ə n ˌ dʒ ɑː /, paranji, or faranji [1] (from Arabic: فرنجية, romanized: faranjiyyah; [2] Tajik: فرنجی, фаранҷӣ, farançī; Uzbek: paranji; Russian: паранджа, romanized: parandzha) is a traditional Central Asian robe for women and girls that covers the head and body.
Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab.. Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya and burqa, are worn by Muslim women around the world, where the practice varies from mandatory to optional or restricted in ...
A form of headscarf, known as the hijab, is often seen in Muslim countries and is born out of tradition. It is worn by some Muslim women who consider it to be a religious ordainment, and its style varies by culture. [10] Not all Muslims believe that the hijab in the context of head covering is a religious ordainment in the Quran. [11] [12]
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