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Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab.. Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya and burqa, are worn by Muslim women around the world, where the practice varies from mandatory to optional or restricted in ...
A Central Asian traditional outer garment that covers the head and body, heavy in weight and made from horsehair. Once prevalent in Uzbek and Tajik societies. Safseri, sefseri, safsari or sefsari. Traditional Tunisian veil worn by women, composed of a large piece of cream-colored cloth covering the whole body.
Hijab. In modern usage, hijab (Arabic: حجاب, romanized: ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb]) generally refers to variety of head coverings conventionally worn by many Muslim women as an expression of faith. [1][2] Similar to the tichel or snood worn by Orthodox Jewish women, certain headcoverings worn by some Christian women, such as the ...
t. e. Islamic clothing is clothing that is interpreted as being in accordance with the teachings of Islam. Muslims wear a wide variety of clothing, which is influenced not only by religious considerations, but also by practical, cultural, social, and political factors. [1][2] In modern times, some Muslims have adopted clothing based on Western ...
A woman in Saudi Arabia wearing a plain-cloth black niqab. A niqāb or niqaab (/ nɪˈkɑːb /; Arabic: نقاب), also known as a ruband (Persian: روبند), is a long garment worn by some Muslim women in order to cover their entire body and face, excluding their eyes. It is an interpretation in Islam of the concept of hijab, and is worn in ...
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, writer, entrepreneur and activist.She is best known for being the first woman to wear hijab while competing for the United States in the Olympics Games, [1] as well as for winning an Olympic medal (bronze).
t. e. Islam is the largest and the state religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. [1][2] According to the 2022 census, Bangladesh had a population of about 150 million Muslims, or 91.04% [3] of its total population of 165 million. [4] Muslims of Bangladesh are predominant native Bengali Muslims. The majority of Bangladeshis are Sunni ...
Taqiyah is the Arabic word for a Muslim skullcap. In the Indian subcontinent, it is called a topi (Hindi: टोपी, Urdu: ٹوپی, Bengali: টুপি) which means hat or cap in general. In Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, men usually wear the topi with kurta and paijama.