Headscarf

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…

Abercrombie & Fitch. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this suit on behalf of Samantha Elauf in 2009. The case alleged that Ms. Elauf was denied employment because of her religious practice of wearing a hijab, a type of religious headscarf. In June 2015, the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, stated that an employer can’t refuse employment in order to avoid a religious accommodation (EEOC 2015). The case involving Ms. Elauf worked its way through the legal system for…

assignment for the ANT 415: Understanding Secularism course is on the hijab in Bangladesh. And I would like to look into the performativity aspect of the hijab and the extent to which it affects the lives of the women who wear them. The hijab, or the headscarf, is a visible marker that helps construct and embody a woman’s Muslim identity and all around the world, this identity has an image associated with it. This image as it is seen here, will be explored as I spend a week in Dhaka wearing a…

(DRW, p. 473) The wearing of the headscarf, the court previously found, had a “prostelytising effect” that was “hard to reconcile with the principle of gender equality,” and constituted a threat to the rights of others. (DRW, p. 473) Because extremist political movements existed in Turkey…

helpless as she cannot consult another Muslim sister. She is concerned on how others may judge her since she hasn't “figured it out all the way”.The non-muslim people around her make her even more anxious as she is transitioning to wearing the headscarf. Many people in America have a negative view towards the hijab.…

‘My body is my own business’, written by Naheed Mustafa is an extraordinary expression of self-beauty as well as feminism in a religious content. Naheed expresses in the article the many different views she has on her religious headscarf called the “hijab” and how it makes her feel all different types of ways. Many people that do not know what a hijab is Naheed explains it as a “ a scarf that covers my head, neck and throat. I do this because I am a Muslim women who believes her body is her own…

that usually pops up in their head is desert and Muslims. The Arab countries cover a vast territory, almost all of it is desert and wilderness. It’s also well known that the Arabs believes and values are influenced by the Islam. Even though the headscarf is not a requirement by the Islam, most…

It would target the group of Muslim students. From the lens of the Constitution, everyone is assured the freedom of religion. To ban the wearing of headscarf, is taking away the right from a Muslim student to practice their faith. Also one of the Core Democratic Values is Pursuit of Happiness . Muslim students find wearing headscarves is one of the components that makes them happy and content, therefore…

mistreated because of their religion and kippas. If Jews stopped wearing kippas, religious harassment will probably go down and resolve more problems. Even if it is part of their routine or mandatory in their religion, it is not worth wearing a headscarf…

The nature of multiculturalism in Australia encompasses the ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity of the Australian society and actively pursues equality of opportunity for all Australians to participate in the life of the nation and the right to maintain ethnic and cultural heritages within the law and the political framework (Berman and Paradies, 2008). Despite this a plethora of research argues that Multiculturalism in Australia is hampered by concepts or ‘race’ and ‘racism’. The term…