Hijab
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By Munazzah Chou, Hertfordshire For many in the West, the modest dress of Muslims, particularly the woman’s hijab has become synonymous with the concept of modesty in Islam. However, modesty encompasses far more than the clothes one wears. In the Holy Qur’an, God says: “O children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to you raiment…
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By Sarah Khan, London, UK Nowadays I often feel that I’m standing in a constantly moving pool of quicksand. There are clear seismic shifts in the ground upon which I stand and often they are caused by events entirely unconnected to me and they reverberate through my life as a direct result of my faith.…
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By Navida Sayed In recent days there has been a lot of talk about a suggestion published in a document about counter terrorism that the hijab contributes to passive terrorism. The document is a US Air Force White Paper entitled “Countering Violent Extremism, Scientific Methods and Strategies” with contributions by several academics; it was originally published in 2011…
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Source: Flickr Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge A lot of the time when I tell people that my Hijab liberates me, they nod indulgently, their expression a little doubtful, whilst they kindly explain ‘no darling, liberation means being free!’ Our interactions, almost inevitably, drift towards an impassé. We might be saying the same word: ‘liberation’, but in…
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge I’m a Muslim. ‘Muslim’ literally means ‘one who submits’ so yes my every day is filled with a hundred different acts of submission. Islam is based on the foundation of submission and as one scholar commented it truly is remarkable how an entire religion with its own social patterns and legal framework…
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