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Subsequently, the word has evolved in meaning and now usually denotes a Muslim woman's veil. [2] In English, the term refers predominantly to the head covering for women and its underlying religious precepts. [3] [4] Not all Muslims believe the hijab is mandated in Islam. [5] [6] [7]
Veil as a part of woman's wardrobe was the trait of all cities where trade was developing. The anti-veil movement was initially started in 1908 in Baku by liberal bourgeoisie well before the Soviet Hujum in 1927. However, the anti-veil protests were suppressed by Islamic clergy, causing a major setback.
While Islamic law dictated that a free Muslim woman should veil herself entirely, except for her face and hands, in order to hide her awrah (intimate parts) and avoid sexual harassment, the awrah of slave women were defined differently, and she was only to cover between her navel and her knee. [143]
In Central Asian sedentary Muslim areas (today Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) women wore veils which when worn the entire face was shrouded, called Paranja [96] or faranji. The traditional veil in Central Asia worn before modern times was the faranji [97] but it was banned by the Soviet Communists. [98] [99]
A yashmak, yashmac or yasmak (from Turkish yaşmak, "a veil" [1]) is a Turkish and Turkmen type of veil or niqāb worn by women to cover their faces in public. Today, there is almost no usage of this garment in Turkey. In Turkmenistan, however, it is still consciously used by some married women in the presence of elder relatives of a husband ...
The largest Islamic community organisation in Switzerland, the Islamic Central Council, recommended that Muslim women continue to cover their faces. [ 93 ] In March 2021, a nationwide referendum was held on whether full-face coverings should be banned in public, which includes niqabs and burqas.
However, other Muslims believe that the Quran strictly mandate that women need to wear a hijab or a burqa. [4] [5] Traditional dress is influenced by two sources, the Quran and hadith. The Quran provides guiding principles believed to have come from God, while the body of hadith describes a human role model attributed to the Islamic prophet ...
Pre-Islamic relief showing veiled Middle Eastern women, Temple of Baal, Palmyra, Syria, 1st century AD (in Iran) Coptic Orthodox Christian woman wearing a garment with a Christian head covering (1918) The face veil was originally part of women's dress among certain classes in the Byzantine Empire. [24]