Tue 11 16 A young primary school Muslim girl responds to Ofsted's decision to question young girls about Hijab during school inspections. Amira Bdaiwi: My reply to Ofsted 10 year old Muslim. Going out without a head covering was considered so shameful that it was grounds not only for divorce by the husband, but divorce without the obligation to pay the Ketubah. In the Book of Daniel written after B.
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Take a look at the beta version of dw. We're not done yet! Your opinion can help us make it better. We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. Islamic conservatism is on the rise in Somaliland. Today women cover their heads and dress more conservatively than in the past, dismissing Western criticism. James Jeffrey reports from Hargeisa. It's sunset on a Saturday evening and women are streaming into the Ali Mataan mosque in the center of Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, in response to the call to prayers coming from the loudspeakers mounted on top of the four-storey building.
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A woman, wearing a hijab and a protective face mask, walks at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, May 2, Picture taken on May 2, The amendment to an 'anti-separatism' bill designed to strengthen France's secular values and which applies to girls under 18 has drawn outrage and prompted an online protest under the hashtag HandsOffMyHijab PasToucheAMonHijab that went viral beyond French borders. To force me to remove it would be a humiliation," Chourak said. The place of religion and religious symbols worn in public is a long-running matter of controversy in France, a staunchly secular country and home to Europe's largest Muslim minority. France prohibited the wearing of Islamic headscarves in state schools in In , it banned the niqab, the full-face Islamic veil, in public places such as streets, parks, public transport, and administrative buildings. The amendment pertains to all religious symbols, though opponents say it targets Muslims. Senator Christian Bilhac told lawmakers in April it would protect youngsters. A group of young women is running the PasToucheAMonHijab campaign from the living rooms of their families' flats.
An important issue in the Muslim world is how women should dress in public. Only in Turkey and Lebanon do more than one-in-four think it is appropriate for a woman to not cover her head at all in public. Although no labels were included on the card, the styles ranged from a fully-hooded burqa woman 1 and niqab 2 to the less conservative hijab women 4 and 5. There was also the option of a woman wearing no head covering of any type.
