This week Ernst takes on the topic of gender and Islam in his chapter “Gender and the Question of Veiling”. I was interested to learn that “hijab” is not defined in the Quran as many assume. Many assume that the “hijab” is just a scarf that covers a Muslim women’s head, but it actually refers to covering. Hijab is a form of covering for the intent of modesty. The hijab is first mentioned to only include the Prophet’s wives and Ernst includes a translation of the following Quranic verse, “When you ask them (the Prophet’s wives) for something, ask them from behind a curtain” (33:53) (Ersnt, 145). I found this verse to be quite interesting as like I mentioned previously the concept of hijab was not very direct. The “curtain” is this verse is where
