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Hijab

In Islam, the Arabic term for the seclusion of women enjoined by the Koran. It also refers to the modest, covering dress worn by Muslim women when outside their homes and at any time when they are in the presence of men not closely related to them.



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Five women, wearing hijabs, sat behind a barrier that resembled a dressing area.
AN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE LOCAL MOSQUES OPEN DOORS TO THE CURIOUS, ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
We were all packed together in one room, some took off their hijabs, dancing in a circle and slapping their faces, all rhythmic and beautiful.
Dispatches from Iraq: excerpts from the journal of a member of ... by U.S. Catholic
But equally, the wearing of full-length hijabs makes their integration much more difficult, and like Ataturk in Turkey and today's French government, we should object, and insist our objection holds in public spaces, such as school and hospitals.
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