Tag: hijab

While I do not practice Islam, it is it okay if I wear a hijab?

In my view, head covering is a symbol of modesty related clothing. So, if you chose to wear hijab as part of head covering, it’s fine. Throughout the Muslim world, from Malaysia to Egypt, head coverings are worn in variant ways and styles. Nowadays, young Muslim fashion designers have reimagined the hijab. Some of those names are like Jenahara Nasution, Rabia Z, Hanadi Chehab and Howayda Moussaka.

There has never been a balance when it comes to a Muslim woman's personal dress code choice. This and thoughts like these came to my naïve mind when I heard the news on Mahsa Amini, the Iranian girl who was arrested, detained and then died after being beaten by the morality police for violating Iran’s dress code law. Amini was a young girl of Kurdish ethnicity who was merely visiting Tehran.

The only exception of not wearing a hijab is in front of a “mahram.”

The Quran refers to the hijab as a metaphorical curtain or partition, and there are many types of hijab.

I immediately understood how Muslim girls when brought up in society with such level of modesty consider it normal, while it was strange for me in the beginning.

My research shows that Islamic fashion is a rapidly growing industry.