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The term hijab refers to a type of scarf worn by many — though certainly not all — Muslim women, but the term can also refer to a modest Muslim dress code in general. The Arabic word translated as hijab literally means curtain or cover (noun).
Muslims differ greatly in how they interpret hijab, such as which parts of the body to cover and by how much — and many moderate Muslim women consider the term to refer to a symbolic covering rather than a piece of clothing.
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• Why Muslim women wear the veil
• Examples of different types of hijab
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['Neutral'] Wikipedia entry - Hijab Bullies Want Everyone to Cover Up [Contra] David J. Rusin, IslamistWatch
Lawful Islamists use two general strategies to advance their agenda: they request that Muslims be granted special privileges and, more broadly, they seek to impose their ways on others. Take the issue of head coverings. Some Muslims demand the right to wear hijabs or niqabs in situations where non-Muslim women would never be allowed to conceal themselves, such as when testifying in court or having a mug shot snapped. At the same time, more assertive Islamists abuse their authority by attempting to force other people to cover up as well.
- Hijab in the workplace [Pro] A Q & A that among other things answers the question, “What are the requirements for Muslim women’s dress?” Presented from an Islamic point of view, at the Islam 101 site. [A buyer-beware: the article is copyrighted by CAIR, an controversial Islamic lobbying organization in the U.S.]
- Historical Perspectives On Islamic Dress ['Neutral'] An essay on the Women in World History curriculum’s website
- The Politics of Women’s Head Coverings [Opinion] Carla Power, TIME, July 13, 2009
In modern politics, there are few trustier weapons than Muslim women’s clothes. The Saudis and the mullahs in Iran have used them for decades, passing laws on women’s head coverings to underscore male rulers’ piety and power. George W. Bush knew the symbolic potency of the veil, too, citing the discrimination of American ‘women of cover’ during post 9/11 tensions. Now two Presidents, Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama, have taken up the veil, framing it as a topic in radically different ways. Sarkozy used Muslim dress as a nationalistic prop, seeing it as a threat to France’s eternal values. Obama used it as a chance to set out a new approach to U.S.-Muslim relations, based on a framework of freedoms. Both attitudes are flawed; both ignore the struggles of Muslim women over matters far more formidable than veils.
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