Muslim Women´s Hijab

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).

The headscarf has a role in Islam. It derives its significance from the Qur’an. Qur’an is God’s command to Muslims and the word taught to Prophet Mohammad by Allah. Muslim women wear headscarves to cover themselves. It’s a kind of modesty, and a way that women cover their beauty. They should not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands ‘fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, or their brothers’ sons or their sisters’ sons, or their women or the servants whom their right hand possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no senses of the shame of sex and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments.

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 However, when Muslim women are withdrawn from the Middle East, and are placed within other countries such as France, they become a minority group, which attracts attention because of their uncommon customs.

Wearing the burqa and veil by Muslim women in France has become a controversial topic. The burqa and veil are recognized in France as a conflicti...

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...hese women are going to be affected.

Democratic people with their beliefs, as they stick to freedom of religion, definitely, should not support this action. The banning of headscarves is directly targeting a section of women and forcing them to expose part of their bodies, which is against their will. Security issues are really important to any country, but there are other ways that should be done instead of just banning the headscarves. For example, a government can use security doors in public institutions that can detect any metal. There are already a lot of these doors used in many places like airports and some malls for security reasons. Also a government can use a lady police to check the identity of women wearing burqas. It is a shameful act in modern countries and modern civilization, and should be condemned by all democrats and human rights organizations.