In this view, wearing the hijab permits a degree of autonomy and freedom. Others have suggested, nonetheless, that any use of “the veil” is ultimately self ... made a distinction between ‘awra in ...

SARA: The word hijab comes from the Arabic for veil. It describes headscarves worn ... shows us round the East London Mosque or Masjid, house of prayer. The Qur'an. videoThe Qur'an Kaisan and ...

Iran is under sharia law, so while visiting there, I wore the compulsory hijab wherever I went. As a Western woman, I felt uncomfortable and out of place in the veil. It’s not that I oppose ...

Every day before she starts her shift at a government hospital in Singapore, Farah removes her hijab--the Islamic veil she has worn since a teenager. Although minority Muslim women can freely wear ...