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Islamic veiling practices by country. 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 ...
Islam by country. Islam in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. According to an estimate by the CIA, it is followed by 55% of the country's total population, up from about 30% of population in 1950s (excluding Druzes). [3] Sunnis make up 31.9%, [4] Twelver Shia make up 31.2%, [5] next to smaller percentages of other Shia branches, such as ...
[29] [30] Reformist groups claim that veiling is a recommendation rooted in historical context rather than an absolute mandate. [30] [31] Islamic veiling practices vary globally based on local laws and customs. In some regions, the hijab is mandated by law, while in others, its use is subject to restrictions or bans in both Europe and some ...
Lebanon is an eastern Mediterranean country that has the most religiously diverse society within the Middle East, recognizing 18 religious sects. [2] [3] The recognized religions are Islam (Sunni, Shia, Alawites, Isma'ili and Druze), Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, evangelical ...
The women of the Iranian women's movement largely consisted of educated elite women positive to unveiling. This image of the Board of Governors of the women's organization Jam'iyat-e Nesvan-e Vatankhah, Tehran, is dated to 1922–1932; before the Kashf-e hijab reform in 1936. The unveiling was met with different opinions within Iran.
The Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc is the political wing of Hezbollah in the Lebanese parliament. [2] Hezbollah through the bloc has participated in the Lebanese parliament [3] since the 1992 Lebanese general election, when it won 12 of the 128 seats. Hezbollah won 7 seats at the 1996 election and 10 at the 2000 election.
The Islamic Group is a Sunni Islamist group founded in 1964 as the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. It supports the idea of establishing a legal order in Lebanon that is based on Islamic shari'a. As a local branch it closely follows the doctrines of the Muslim Brotherhood. [39]
In Lebanon, proselytizing (or converting people to another religion) is not punishable by law. As Maya Mikdashi shows in her analysis of religious conversion in Lebanon, changing one's religion was a practice embedded in and maintained by the secular state. [6] Religious conversion does not always imply a shift in one's belief.