Wearing The Veil In Islam Research Paper

In Islam, compulsory veil has become a contentious issue. The criticism about hijab regarding Islamic dressing style in which women were supposed to cover their heads and necks with veils became a hot debate during the 19th century. Qassim Amin’s book, The Emancipation of Women (Tahrir Al-Mar’a) is about the liberation of women in the 19th century. In his book, Amin made it clear that he was convinced that women were equal to men, and veiling was mainly done as a customary habit (Ahmed 36). The reason why the book was significant because Amin defended the right not to wear veil. Women contested that there would be no compulsion regarding the wearing of veil. Before 1979, women did not have to fight for their rights in Islam; they had no choice but to wear veil covering their heads and neck. Today, the practice is being abandoned as more Muslim women dwell on fashion industry by wearing miniskirts and abandoning veil to the tugging …show more content…
However, following the contention between the supporters and the opponents of women wearing the veil, all arguments seems to center on the basic statement the it is a question of men struggling to control the respect and place that is bestowed on a woman in the society. Some arguments have revealed that if hijab is what is supposed to force a woman to be presentable in society, there would be group of women who would consider that liberation was a necessity and everyone had freedom to choose the cloth she wanted to wear, and this did not mean that she had abandoned her religion. The direction of this debate that it seem to take is based on the projection that women would eventually not only embrace full freedom of choice of dress, but they would still practice the moral principles that are taught in the Islamic