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The discrimination hijab-wearing Muslim women face goes beyond affecting their work experience; it also interferes with their decision to uphold religious obligations. As a result, hijab-wearing Muslim women in the United States have worries regarding their ability to follow their religion, because it might mean they are rejected employment. [237]
Hijab and Niqab on mannequin heads. Islamic feminist views on dress codes include views on issues surrounding women's dress codes in Islam, especially on the hijab and niqāb. Hijab traditionally refers to a type of veiling which covers the skin from the hair to the chest. Niqāb refers to a cloth that covers the face as a part of sartorial hijab.
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 ...
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Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women is a 2009 book by Marnia Lazreg, published by Princeton University Press.In the book Lazreg asks critical questions regarding commonly accepted reasons why women wear Islamic hijab or the veil (khimar), [1] and in each chapter she asks this question to readers in the form of letters. [2]
Other policies and proposals specifically target the hijab, burka, and similar Islamic headdresses based on them allegedly being oppressive to the women wearing them (a claim countered by many hijab- and burka-wearing women themselves, but supported by many liberal and former Muslim women who do not wear them), or because of their perceived "un ...
I wear a hijab and dress modestly because I feel it is one way I can show self respect for myself. I like knowing I don’t have to show my body to the world and only share my beauty with those I ...
One example is FIFA's 'hijab ban' crisis. The Iranian women's national soccer team was disqualified from the 2012 Olympics because the players wore hijabs. [28] Another example is unravelling in the French soccer league, as it is the only international body to exclude hijab-wearing women from practising the sport. [29]