Linking you to a blog billed as "the UKs first style guide for Muslim women".
Hijab Style
Hijab is more than heavy black cloaks, eh? Site includes lots of informational internal links, how-to's plus modest clothing - with photos. Lots of external links too.
Photo above is from the "about" page of this blog.
5 comments:
I think Hijab is so beautiful! I wish that Christian women could wear them without being viewed as Muslim (not that there is anything wrong with that, it's just that it can cause confusion). :o)
I think so, too. That's about how much I always wish I were covered when out and about. But I don't want to look muslim.
What really puts my knickers in a twist is that Islam borrowed SO much from Orthodox Christianity:
The prostrations
praying multiple times a day
praying facing a certain direction
prayer ropes
...just to name a few off the top of my head...
...and although I can't prove it, other than making observations of how women are portrayed in ancient Christian iconography, I think they borrowed "the veil" from us as well.
Hmmm, well I suggest Christians come up with new and improved ways to cover which are a bit less "Muslim" then. The hat and scarf are not overtly Muslim. There are plenty of Christian sects in the US and Eastern Europe who still cover wearing a Russian or Serbian Orthodox style scarf.
When it comes down to us borrowing from Christianity, as a person who grew up in Christianity and is a hijabi Muslim, I am not sure borrowing is what I would personally describe. As a Christian do you borrow from Jewish customs and borrow Jewish Prophets or do you share them? I love Islam because I feel that I still respect, as the Quran states, the "People of the Book". We follow rules of the Torah and Kosher eating laws; in fact I eat Kosher foods and consider them Halal.
Often when I cover, especially in non-hijab looking ways, people are not sure if I am Muslim. I am not sure if it is my Caucasian appearance (despite being Hispanic AND Scotts-Irish)... however, it is a question I am asked it is not always assumed.
Although, if I could borrow a few Orthodox icons I would love it... and I mean the pictures. My favorites have to be Greek, Coptic and Maronite. They are SO gorgeous and artistic!
Peace and respect to you both.
aisha
These comments make some good observations. Confusion and borrowing aside, I am glad that we can share thoughts and encouragement regarding humbleness and modesty regarding our Maker and one another. Would that we could dress ourselves modestly and humbly without being labeled as anything other than respectful.
//What really puts my knickers in a twist is that Islam borrowed SO much from Orthodox Christianity:
...and although I can't prove it,//
The fact that you can't prove it should probably signal something to you. I don't know why something like this would get you in a twist anyway. Praying multiple times a day facing a certain way is a practice of Judaism, and prostrating to God is found in the Taurah, so where did Orthodox Christianity get it from? (I don't know what a prayer rope is; I'm a Muslim and have never heard of such a thing). You can have your views, and we can have ours. In our view, any similarities likely result from the fact that we believe that the revelations that made up the foundations of Christianity came from the same God, the God of Abraham, that the revelation of the Qur'an came from. In other words, same source, **so if credit is due, give it to God,** not to the people who worship Him.
Modest covering for women has been practiced by traditions and cultures from all over the ancient world. We (Muslims) know our sources and directives for it, and believe me, it isn't "What the Christian ladies are doing." How Christian women of the time were dressing (not that there were many in Madinah or Makkah) is never referred to in the Qur'an or in the Sunnah.
Besides, one could legitimately say that those ancient Christians got it from the Jews or from the ancient Persians or the whoevers.
Regarding kosher and halal, Aisha, the rulings are not the same, so you should do some reading before you inadvertently eat something kosher that is not halal. In many ways, the laws governing dhabiha are much more expansive than kashrut. In other areas (notably the use of alcohol), ours are more restrictive.
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