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Encyclopedia > Headscarf
Some Muslim Turkish women in eastern Turkey wearing headscarves. This style is common in Syria and Lebanon.
Some Muslim Turkish women in eastern Turkey wearing headscarves. This style is common in Syria and Lebanon.

Headscarves are scarves covering most or all of the top of a woman's hair and her head. Headscarves may be worn for a variety of purposes, such as fashion or social distinction, religious signifiance, to hide baldness, modesty, or other forms of social convention. This article is about the article of clothing. ... For other uses, see Fashion (disambiguation). ... Bald redirects here; for other uses see Bald (disambiguation). ...

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Types of headscarves

Headscarves may have specific religious significance. Observant married Jewish women, for example, are required to cover their hair, often employing scarves (or sometimes wigs) for the purpose. Headscarves were also worn by married Christian women in Medieval Europe, and even among some of the unmarried. This headcovering habit is better known as a wimple in English. Various Religious symbols, including (first row) Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Bahai, (second row) Islamic, tribal, Taoist, Shinto (third row) Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu, Jain, (fourth row) Ayyavazhi, Triple Goddess, Maltese cross, pre-Christian Slavonic Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that generally involve a faith in a spiritual... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Manoah and his wife, the wife wearing a wimple 16th century wimple. ...


Headscarves and veils used for Muslim religious dress include: Adherents of Islam are concerned with clothing in two contexts: clothing for everyday, inside and outside the house, and clothing required in specifically religious contexts. ...

Note that the Arabic word hijab refers to modest behaviour in general, and pertains to men and women, but it is sometimes used in other languages to describe the Muslim headscarf, also known as a khimar. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... A chador (Persian چادر) is an outer garment worn by some Iranian women when they venture out into public; it is one possible way in which a Muslim woman may follow the Islamic ħijāb dress code. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Women from Jaipur wearing Salwar kameez and dupatta Dupatta (Hindi: दुपट्टा, Urdu: دوپٹا) is a long scarf that is essential to many South Asian womens suits. ... This list of types of sartorial hijab indexes styles of clothing found in predominantly Muslim societies commonly associated with the word hijab. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... “Higab” redirects here. ...


The Keffiyeh is commonly used by Muslim men. An Iraqi man wearing a predominantly red keffiyeh in a Charraweyya (‍چراوية) style. ...


Some English speakers use the word "babushka" (grandma in Russian) to indicate the headscarf tied below the chin, as commonly worn in Eastern Europe. In most parts of Eastern Europe, headscarves are used mainly by elderly women (grandmothers) and this led the incorrect use of the "babushka" term. In Russia they are worn by women when they go to church to show their convictions to Russian Orthodoxy. Babushka (Russian: IPA  ) is a Russian word meaning grandmother, mother-in-law or more generally old lady. ... Eastern Europe is a concept that lacks one precise definition. ...


A plain red or scarlet headscarf was worn by female commissars and other women aligning themselves with Bolshevism in times of Russian Revolution and civil war. Commissar is the English transliteration of an official title (комисса́р) used in Russia after the Bolshevik revolution and in the Soviet Union, as well as some other Communist countries. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ...


A head tie is a west and southern African women’s head scarf, specifically an elaborate ornamental head covering. A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Iraqi girl wearing the hijab Hijab (Arabic: حجاب) is the word used in the Islamic context for the practice of dressing modestly, which all practicing Muslims past the age of puberty are instructed to do in their holy book, the Quran. ...


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Islamic dress, notably that worn by women, has become a prominent symbol of the presence of Islam in western Europe. ... “Higab” redirects here. ... A head tie is an African women’s head scarf, specifically an elaborate ornamental head covering designed to match a wrapper ensemble. ... This article is about the article of clothing, or a religious item. ... The Tichel is a headscarf worn by some Orthodox Jewish women in compliance with the code of modesty known as Tzeniut. ... Salwar kameez, from Max Tilkes Oriental Costume, 1922 Salwar kameez (also spelled shalwar kameez and shalwar qamiz) is a traditional dress worn by both women and men in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. ... Women from Jaipur wearing Salwar kameez and dupatta Dupatta (Hindi: दुपट्टा, Urdu: دوپٹا) is a long scarf that is essential to many South Asian womens suits. ...

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Anton Rauscher - Headscarf Conflict (5235 words)
Wearing the headscarf is expression of her religious conviction, and the refusal of her application violates the fundamental right to freedom of religion, according to article 4 paragraph 1 and 2 GG (Basic Law).
Since the Islamic headscarf is seen rather as a sign of the inferior status of women in marriage and in the public, the question arises whether a schoolmistress with headscarf is able to impart the values of the Basic Law, and to answer for them in the necessary way.
In the centre of the headscarf controversy is the tension between the fundamental right of freedom of religion and the necessity of religious and ideological neutrality of the state in a pluralistic society.
The Immanent Frame » Blog Archive » A headscarf affair, a women’s affair? (1485 words)
As the most visible symbol of Islamization for the last three decades, the headscarf has been considered a threat to secularism and gender equality, two values that are cherished by those who are devoted to the heritage of Ataturk’s republican modernity.
The headscarf of the peasant, the working-class woman or the grandmother is considered traditional or pious and is therefore acceptable.
The young woman’s headscarf (called the “turban”) provokes, on the contrary, powerful emotions, anger and aversion to the extent that the temporal (religion as a relic from the past) and spatial (religion at the margins) separations and class distinctions between secular and religious disappear.
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