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What the Dupatta should really cover ….

A lot of girls cover their heads during the Azan with a dupatta, but I don’t know if that is a cultural thing or a religious requirement. They only cover a portion of their heads though. It looks like they are only trying to cover the back of their head! Some girls wear the dupatta on their head habitually, but again, they reveal more hair than they conceal. The dupatta looks like it will slide off any second!

I think the dupatta was generally designed to be worn to cover the…ahem, but a lot of girls wear it around their necks. It has turned into a fashion accessory rather than a requirement. For others, it is purely cultural.

Even while covering the head during the Azan, the dupatta must still be covering the…you know what. Some women cover their head during the Azan in a manner where they end up revealing what really needs to be covered.

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  1. Mohammad Yusha Avatar
    Mohammad Yusha

    In the middle east it is called an abaya whereas in the subcontinent it is called a burqa. Whether women cover their face while wearing an abaya/burqa is optional. Many women in the middle east wear an abaya and cover their face whereas many women in the subcontinent wear a burqa without the face veil.

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  2. Shakir Lakhani Avatar
    Shakir Lakhani

    Yusha: an abaya is different from a burkha. Abayas are worn by Middle Eastern women, with the face exposed. The burkha, on the other hand, requires the woman’s face to be completely concealed, with only a slit for the eyes to see. The burkha is worn mostly in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.

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  3. Mohammad Yusha Avatar
    Mohammad Yusha

    @James: I didn’t know you had something against women wearing business suits. By the way, an abaya and a burqa is the same thing.

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  4. Mohammad Yusha Avatar
    Mohammad Yusha

    Without a doubt millions of women wear it in the subcontinent. However, if you seperate the countries and take only Muslim women in consideration in every country, you get tens of thousands.

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  5. James Killian Spratt Avatar
    James Killian Spratt

    I think saris are elegant, hijabs can be quite pretty, abayas are a shame, business suits on women the same, and burkhas are an abomination. Kinda partial to sling-string bikinis myself–the kind with no fabric panels. HEL-LO!!

    But tell me, gents, isn’t the character of the woman a bit more important than what she’s wearing, aside from any particular fashion statement which can be donned or changed like a chameleon’s color?

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  6. Shakir Lakhani Avatar
    Shakir Lakhani

    Hey Yusha, finally you said something which makes sense. But it’s not tens of thousands, it’s millions of women in the subcontinent who wear sarees (God bless them).

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  7. Mohammad Yusha Avatar
    Mohammad Yusha

    @Saad: Tens of thousands of Muslim women wear a saree to parties, functions and weddings in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc. It doesn’t become ridiculous just because it is customary among Hindus women in India to wear it.

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  8. Shakir Lakhani Avatar
    Shakir Lakhani

    Att: Saad, you’re wrong. I think the sari is the most elegant female attire. It’s still popular among some Muslim women whose parents migrated to Pakistan from India.

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  9. saad Avatar
    saad

    my dear fellow ….. you better not bring sarri on this conversation ….a ridiculous outfit

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  10. Mohammad Yusha Avatar
    Mohammad Yusha

    @Saad: Well said, brother.

    @Mohamed: Your comment is a reply to Mr. Lakhani, not me. Even then, it is wrong. Saree does not cover the requirement of the Hijab.

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