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A number of European countries are instigating laws to ban or restrict the wearing of the Muslim headscarf. Such legislation questions the foundations of tolerance and equality in societies that champion pluralism and freedom of religion.

France is currently considering an outright ban on the wearing of veils in schools, while in Germany, two states have proposed legislation which would also bar the scarf from educational institutions.

This essay address the issue of Hijab, the modesty of covering the head by Muslim Women, and also the Judaeo-Christian tradition of veil and head covering.

The Hijab and Veil?

Some in the west consider the modesty of head covering practiced by Muslim women as the greatest symbol of women's oppression and servitude. Is it true that there is no similar custom in the Judaeo-Christian tradition? Let us set the record straight. According to Rabbi Dr. Menachem M. Brayer (Professor of Biblical Literature at Yeshiva University) in his book, The Jewish woman in Rabbinic literature, it was the custom of Jewish women to go out in public with a head covering which, sometimes, even covered the whole face leaving one eye free. 76 He quotes some famous ancient Rabbis saying," It is not like the daughters of Israel to walk out with heads uncovered" and "Cursed be the man who lets the hair of his wife be seen...a woman who exposes her hair for self-adornment brings poverty." Rabbinic law forbids the recitation of blessings or prayers in the presence of a bareheaded married woman since uncovering the woman's hair is considered "nudity". 77 Dr. Brayer also mentions that "During the Tannaitic period the Jewish woman's failure to cover her head was considered an affront to her modesty. When her head was uncovered she might be fined four hundred zuzim for this offense." Dr. Brayer also explains that veil of the Jewish woman was not always considered a sign of modesty. Sometimes, the veil symbolized a state of distinction and luxury rather than modesty. The veil personified the dignity and superiority of noble women. It also represented a woman's inaccessibility as a sanctified possession of her husband. 78

The veil signified a woman's self-respect and social status. Women of lower classes would often wear the veil to give the impression of a higher standing. The fact that the veil was the sign of nobility was the reason why prostitutes were not permitted to cover their hair in the old Jewish society. However, prostitutes often wore a special headscarf in order to look respectable. 79 Jewish women in Europe continued to wear veils until the nineteenth century when their lives became more intermingled with the surrounding secular culture. The external pressures of the European life in the nineteenth century forced many of them to go out bare-headed. Some Jewish women found it more convenient to replace their traditional veil with a wig as another form of hair covering. Today, most pious Jewish women do not cover their hair except in the synagogue. 80 Some of them, such as the Hasidic sects, still use the wig. 81
Posted on 1/5/2004 2:13:47 PM
beshak muslim galz n women shud cover dem selves properly
Posted on 1/6/2004 5:33:17 PM
Beauty of Hijab

Posted on 1/7/2004 7:40:30 PM
Masha Allah
Posted on 1/7/2004 7:56:17 PM
The Way I am Dressed

You look at me and call me oppressed,
Simply because of the way I'm dressed,
You know me not for what's inside,
You judge the clothing I wear with pride,
My body's not for your eyes to hold,
You must speak to my mind, not my feminine mold,

I'm an individual, I'm no mans slave,
It's Allah's pleasure that I only crave,
I have a voice so I will be heard,
For in my heart I carry His word,

"O ye women, wrap close your cloak,
So you won't be bothered by ignorant folk",
Man doesn't tell me to dress this way,
It's a Law from God that I obey,

Oppressed is something I'm truly NOT,
For liberation is what I've got,
It was given to me many years ago,
With the right to prosper, the right to grow,

I can climb mountains or cross the seas,
Expand my mind in all degrees,
For God Himself gave us LIB-ER-TY,
When He sent Islam,
To You and Me!

Posted on 1/7/2004 8:16:31 PM
Its a gr8 poem... I m really impressed..Forward it to all your Female Friends..Its Really full of courage..
Posted on 1/8/2004 5:25:36 PM
Posted on 1/9/2004 5:41:42 PM
bahooooooooooot hi achi shairi hay
waqhi nice
Posted on 1/9/2004 6:29:34 PM
there's pro and contra about this...but I dont want to argue now...coz tomorrow is my b-day

   I just want to say.... ehmm...nothing.
Posted on 1/16/2004 1:18:39 PM
happy dappy bday jupiter!

n as for hijaab, well, wear it if u wana!dats all i can say!
Posted on 1/16/2004 8:02:03 PM
Thanks Slick....u know...I check my old email this morning and I got few B-day message delivered by Janubaba...hehehehe... very funny...I found in it my junk email...those people dont know me but they wishing me... I must send "thanks" email to them.

     about Hijab...yeah...agree with you Slick, though in my place there are some girls who use hijab as cover... suddenly she wear hijab , all people praise her...and 9 months later she has baby...
Posted on 1/19/2004 6:48:37 AM
hijab sirf jism ko dhanpane ka naam nahin,ankhon ka hijab bhi zaroori hai, agar ankhon mein nahin to sirf jism cover karne ka kya faida,

Posted on 1/20/2004 10:53:35 AM
jupiterblue:
Thanks Slick....u know...I check my old email this morning and I got few B-day message delivered by Janubaba...hehehehe... very funny...I found in it my junk email...those people dont know me but they wishing me... I must send "thanks" email to them.

     about Hijab...yeah...agree with you Slick, though in my place there are some girls who use hijab as cover... suddenly she wear hijab , all people praise her...and 9 months later she has baby...
tell me bout it jupi, its such a common factor!
i know alot of these gurls that want people to judge them by the way they look and its really sad to use an islamic feature to hide ur true identity!
its like lying to god wen wearing the scarf!
Posted on 1/21/2004 6:52:17 PM
exatcly......

   kind a sad with that, people tend to see girls with hijab are good girls and those who dont are devil.
Posted on 1/24/2004 10:35:08 PM
jupiterblue:
exatcly......

   kind a sad with that, people tend to see girls with hijab are good girls and those who dont are devil.

Quran mein hai...k... takeh tum pehchani jao[mean good or bad]
laikin hijab hai jism ko chupaney k leeay na k nomaish k leeay
Posted on 1/25/2004 4:45:14 AM
beautiful poem (PRAY)

AADAM K BETON KI AANKHON SE JATI HAYAA MAANGTA HU
HAWWA KI BETI K SIR SE UTARTI RIDA MANGTA HU

consider both lines
this is compelte and real HIJAB.
Posted on 1/28/2004 6:37:34 PM
YEAH, BUT THING IS, THERE IS NO REFERENCE IN THE QURAN TO COVERING UR HEAD, ITS JUST HIDING AWAY UR CURVES N ALL!
I DONT REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDS BUT I KNOW THIS AUNTY N HE BRO IS STUDYIN ALL THESE ISLAMIC TALLEM BOOKS TO SEE HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISLAM, AND HES ALSO LOOKIN OVER THE QURAN FOR TO THE POINT MEANINGS N ALL!
SHE TOLD ME BOUT IT!
Posted on 1/28/2004 8:29:18 PM
slik chik:
YEAH, BUT THING IS, THERE IS NO REFERENCE IN THE QURAN TO COVERING UR HEAD, ITS JUST HIDING AWAY UR CURVES N ALL!
I DONT REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDS BUT I KNOW THIS AUNTY N HE BRO IS STUDYIN ALL THESE ISLAMIC TALLEM BOOKS TO SEE HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISLAM, AND HES ALSO LOOKIN OVER THE QURAN FOR TO THE POINT MEANINGS N ALL!
SHE TOLD ME BOUT IT!

Surah Al-Ahzaab, Verse #59
O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks ("Jalabib") veils all over their bodies (screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way Tafseer Al-Qurtabi) that is most convenient that they should be known (as such) and not molested: and Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful."

<http://www.allaahuakbar.net/womens/niqaab.htm#quran>
Posted on 1/29/2004 2:05:13 AM
HMMMMMM, INTERSTING, ILL HAV TO GET MACK TO THAT AUNTY ON THAT ONE!
BUT THING IS, I THINK ATTRACTION START AT THE EYE!AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH U COVER, BUT ONCE SUMONE CATCHES UR EYE, THEN THATS IT!
I TINK DATS Y THEY SAY ATTRACTION STARTS WITH THE EYE!

LOLZ, OKIES THIS IS FUNNY, I HAD A VERY BAD EXPERIENCE WITH A BURQA ONCE! LMAO!
I WAS ON HOLS IN UK AT MA UNCLES PLC AND HIS WIFE WEARS A BURQA N ALL AND ONE DAY, WE WERE GOIN TO THE NEAR BY PAKI GARMENT SHOPS BY FOOT AND SHE WAS PUTTIN ON HER BURQA AND I JUS SE: I WONDER WAT IT FEELS LIKE INSIDE THERE! SHE STARTED LAFFIN NN SED; I HAVE AN IDEA, Y DONT U TRY MA OTHER BURQA ONE, AND U CAN GO OUT IN IT AND THEN UL KNOW HOW IT FEELS!
I WAS LIKE: WAT, ME, NAAH, ILL PASS! SHE WAS LIKE CUM ON, NOBODYS GONA BE ABLE TO RECONGISE U ANYWAY! I AFTER SUMTIME SHE CONVINCED ME!
WELL, SHES A BIT BIG AND I DEFINATELY AM NOT, ESPECIALY BACK THEN, AND HER BURQA CUD HOLD 3 MORE GALS BESIDES ME IN THERE!
I WAS TRYIN U GET DOWN THE STAIRS WHEN I STEPPED ON THE FRONT OF THE COAT BIT OF THE BURQA AND THE NEXT THIN I KNOW, IM ROLLIN DOWN THE STAIRS LIKE A BALL!
ALL I HEARD WAS A BURST OF LAFFTER AND MA AUNT RUNNIN TO HELP ME!
LOLZ!
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, MA DAD CUMS OUT N SES: WAT THE HELL! IM THERE LYIN ACROS THE LAST TO STEPS OF THE STAIRS UPSIDE DOWN IN A BURQA WITH MA AUNT BESIDE ME!
LMAO!
HE WAS LIKE: WHOS IN THERE/ AS SOON AS HE SED THAT, EVERYONE BURST OUT LAFFIN!
HE CAME OVER N PICKED UP THE VEIL AND SED: WAT THE HELL ARE U DOIN IN THERE!
LOLZ, WELL, BASICALLY, FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP, THIS WAS THE MOST TOLD STORY TO ALL RELATIVES N FRIENDS AND MA DAD GAVE OUT HELL TO ME FOR TRYIN IT ON IN THE FIRST PLACE AND MA AUNT, WELL, LETS JUS SAY SHE KEPT HER BURQA LOCKED AWAY FROM MA REACH SINCE THAT DAY! HEHEEHEEH!
I WAS HURTIN ALL OVER FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK!
Posted on 1/30/2004 7:45:27 AM
hehhehehehehehehehehehee...
pooor chickkk
heheheee... kya na yrrrrrr


hands feet and face khula rakh sakte hein na
Posted on 1/30/2004 9:35:43 PM
hands & feet rakh sakte hein khula....& i jus posted abt face...
Posted on 1/30/2004 10:12:26 PM
hand feet & face r not included in hijab
Posted on 2/1/2004 4:11:22 AM
Some people dont realize how important inner hijab is. And then coems outer hijab.
Even some hijabis arent the best muslims in the world. That is why as Muslim women we purify our insdie as well as outside.
Posted on 2/4/2004 10:59:51 PM
Im a hijabi myself. But IM not perfect. No one is. Allah (swt) is the only perfection.
Posted on 2/4/2004 11:00:28 PM
any ?'s
Posted on 2/4/2004 11:01:01 PM
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