Pious Islamic Dress

Another aspect of the veil is the identity value, many women from different countries affirmed they feel that the veil is part of them; it is so important for them that “many women […] feel self-conscious, vulnerable, and even naked when they first walked on a public street without the veil […] as if they were making a display of themselves” – paragraph 22

Women are discriminated against because since religion is connected deeply to culture, it is only “normal” for them to be circumscribed for their own good. Rasheed finds modern Afghanistan women and their behaviors such as not wearing

Though the veil forms an inconvenience in the lives of all Iranian women, it serves as a form of protection in their lives against the dangerous religious extremists fighting for the revolution. Marjane and her mother did not believe in the religious importance of wearing the veil but knew they had to wear them for their own protection against radical religious men that could try to take advantage of them. The president claimed that “women’s hair emanates rays that excite men” (74). Supported by this proposition, men could claim that a woman without a head scarf excited him and he would rape her because that is what she deserved for being a “little

In the exposition we meet our protagonist who is a young women of Islam who wears the traditional veil that muslim women are advised to wear under the law of the Quran were it says, “And tell the believing women to reduce some of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which necessarily

Within the Middle East, the largest population of the men and women are Muslim. The Muslim religion suggests that the women wear a veil or hijab, which is a headscarf that only exposes a woman’s eyes, accompanied by a burqa which is a full body cloak. The sole purpose of the clothing is to cover a woman’s feminine features from men’s eyes. The Qur’an, an Islamic scripture supports, and slightly obligates the uniform by saying that women are to be conservative, “Let them wear their head covering over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments.” (Qur’an). Muslim women, instead of feeling oppressed, view this as a positive aspect in their lives, influenced by their devotion to Allah. Their acceptance could be influenced by their

“I wear it to work. I wear it to school,” she told The Signal about her niqab. “Many people have this misconception that, as Muslim women, we’re oppressed or forced to wear it. For me, it’s a choice. My parents never forced me to wear it.”

The specific topic of this book is the oppression of women. Its overall purpose is to understand the women behind the veils and why the Muslim women take up the hijab. The purpose is also to show how

Their plans were to dress in Muslim garbs and threaten the check-cashing store with their fake bombs which later to be road flares wrapped together with a voltage matter. This event is not only disrespectful to the anniversary of 9/11, but to do a bomb hoax that not only cause fear of those in the area and the police officers responding to the scene, but as well as bring harm to the Muslim population.

Additionally, there are a few panels where Marji explains how, one’s clothing becomes an “ideological sign”. She makes the comparison of fundamentalist clothing and the modern/ progressive. Despite all, everyone does follow the most basic rules, and for many people the changes are not merely cosmetic; many people do in fact change their beliefs and ideologies to match the Islamic Republic because this is the only way for them to protect themselves or even rise in society. Though Marjane’s family does not change their beliefs, they do have to, for their safety, pretend to be devout while in public to not be seen as the Other.

The method that Muslim women choose to express themselves has frequently been questioned through many countries, ultimately causing political and social uproars. Many women in the Muslim community who wears a veil, ranging from a burqa to a hijab, have faced many prejudices. Society has taken upon themselves to assume opinions about individuals who is apart of the culture. Though the freedom of choice is encouraged, using that as an excuse to force one's views on others is not ideal. There has been many cases where a women has been asked to remove her veil permanently to attend a certain business or school. By asking someone of this, it is equivalent to asking someone to remove their

This is a beauty and fashion forum. Hijabs, burka, niqab, abaya have absolutely nothing to do with beauty or fashion. Muslim women may try to make these dreary, burdensome things look at least less dreary, but it's all pretense. Muslim clothing for women is all about shaming women and isolating them from full participation in life.

Within the Middle East, the largest population of the men and women are Muslim. The Muslim religion suggests that women wear a veil or hijab, which is a head scarf that only exposes a woman’s eyes, accompanied by a burqa which is a full body cloak. The sole purpose of the clothing is to cover a woman’s feminine features from men’s eyes. The Qur’an, an Islamic scripture, supports and slightly obligates the uniform by saying that women are to be conservative, “let them wear their head covering over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments.” (Qur’an). It could be inferred that women wear the burqa and veil willingly because of their geographical location. However, when Muslim women are withdrawn from the Middle East, and are placed

The idea of the veil is subjective through religion. To people outside of the Muslim church, the veil is portrayed as a representation of sexist oppression to belittle women. This is just one of the aspects of a cultural structure that has evolved with males continuously being predominantly authoritative. We see a rigged arrangement where women are visualized with certain presumed characteristics. The veil for example, is part of the fixed wardrobe women are expected to wear. This is viewed as the “correct” way a woman should compose herself. The objectified conduct and expression of women are perceived as degrading in the feminist

The Muslim community dress code is associated with the modern western world where there is no specific required garment but they are expected to dress with dignity, purity and modesty. The view of Islamic women dress code, is that when they are in public places, they should be dressed in robes and veils covering their entire body except their eyes. This tradition was associated with the Middle Eastern cultures however some Islamic scholars disagreed with the extent of this practice (Corduan, 1998). This practice is based on the different interpretations of the Quran of persons in the Muslim/ Islamic community.

With this we come to our subtopic for the research that is Behind the Veil: Inner Meanings of Women’s Islamic Dress Code.