The<i>Hijab</i>and<i>Niqab</i>: Omani Women’s Reflections on Law and Practice

Ahmed, Sameera; Roche, Thomas

doi:10.1080/07256868.2017.1410116

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“…But it was a norm to wear within the society. However, it is associated with negative influence as far as facial beauty is concerned [12].…”

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Perceptions Reasons and Barriers in Observing Purdah (Hijab) among Female Undergraduate Medical Students

Haroon¹,

Hussain²,

Malik³

et al. 2022

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Hijab is practiced by global Muslim women as an obligation of their religion and protection.The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of Hijab with comparison of the awareness, perceptions, practices and identify barriers to hijab wearing among female medical undergraduate students. A descriptive study in four randomly selected Medical Colleges of Peshawar, Pakistan was conducted among 370 female undergraduates with 95% confidence interval and 5% margin of error. All female students were included in the study with consent however sick, absent with no consent were excluded. The validated questionnaire had 18 questions of knowledge, attitude, practices and barriers. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS Version- 21 with descriptive statistics for categorical variables through frequency and percentages. A total of 327 females with response rate of 88.37% completed the questionnaires. The mean age was 20.81 + 2.48 years. Hijab wearing females were 58.8%, 16.5% were without Hijab however 83.5% females were unaware of Hijab timing. The 76.1% females had no problems in observing hijab. The 68.8% hijab wearing females were satisfied, 1.5% felt safe and 3.4% were comfortable with it. Reasons for observing purdah were 63% religious, 23.2% for protection, 2.8% as a part of uniform and 7.6% due to family pressures. Perceptions of hijab were 90.5% religious, 73.7% to society pressure, 5.8% as a part of the dress code and 3.7% as a piece of cloth only. Hijab awareness was 95.1%.This study concluded that hijab is considered a religious duty and obligation with comfort and protection among the female undergraduate students of Peshawar, Pakistan.

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“…But it was a norm to wear within the society. However, it is associated with negative influence as far as facial beauty is concerned [12].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions Reasons and Barriers in Observing Purdah (Hijab) among Female Undergraduate Medical Students

Haroon¹,

Hussain²,

Malik³

et al. 2022

JCBI

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“…Of exposure above illustrates that the public's view of women who use the veil (niqab) is negative, but there is also a positive outlook (Ahmed & Roche, 2018). This is more or less influenced by differences of opinion regarding the understanding of the veil (niqab).…”

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Da'wa Activities of Veiled Women (Niqab) on Instagram

Wahyudi

2021

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Veiled women in Indonesia invite various perspectives in society. This is more or less influenced by the differences of opinion regarding the understanding of the veil (niqab). However, veiled (niqab) women certainly have the same rights as other people who do not wear the veil (niqab). They also have the right to be active and keep up with the times and technology that is increasingly sophisticated and make it possible to introduce themselves through the development of such technologies as Instagram. Besides, veiled (niqab) women can obtain the benefit of Instagram as a medium of da’wa as one of their wasilah and hope to be accepted by the public. This study conducted a qualitative descriptive approach that aimed to obtain the actual information in detail that described the existing symptoms. The results of this study described the activities of veiled (niqab) women in uploading Islamic content in the majority of 1-2 times a day. The topics raised included aqidah, morality, and daily life. The expectations of women participants who actively in da’wa through Instagram can be slowly accepted by the wider community and are no longer viewed with a negative stigma.

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