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The hijab covers only the hair. Niqab covers the entire face or shows only the eyes.

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Q: What is the English name of the Muslim woman head covering?
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Can a Muslim woman wear her head covering in a public classroom?

ofcourse


Can a Muslim woman wear a woolen hat?

Any type of head covering that satisfies Islam rules. The rule for the head covering (called hijab) is to cover head, hair, and neck but not required to cover face and hands.


What is the name of the Head Covering for Muslim women?

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Can a Muslim women go to in front of her father without covering her head?

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Are Muslim men and Muslim women allowed to swim together?

Yes, they are allowed to swim together; at reasonable separation spaces; on condition that the Muslim woman should wear a licit swimming suit that is covering whole body including hair and head and neck and with a fashion that not describing or showing the woman body details or figure.


What did it mean when a woman had no head coverings in the 1930s?

"The head of a man is Christ and the head of a woman is a man." Meaning a woman without a head covering dishonor not only her man but herself, a woman with no dignity.


What do people think about Muslim women wearing the head gear?

Most Muslim women in the world do not wear headgear. However, no restriction on Muslim women to wear head gears for warmth and/or fashion. However, Muslim woman is required by religion to wear cloth covering all her body, including her head and her hair, except her face and her hands. The piece of cloth covering her head and hair is called Hijab. She is allowed to wear on top of the Hijab the head gear or to have the head gear as part of the Hijab.


Can a Muslim woman wearing a full head cover get a passport?

Yes, she can. She uncovers her face just for the passport photos. It is to be emphasized that covering face and hands is not religious requirements. It is rather a country practice or tradition.


What is the name of a musim womans head covering in English?

It is hijab in aribic and it still stays the same in english.


What does a Muslim woman wear if she is in a Catholic wedding as a bridesmaid?

The Muslim should wear the licit clothing per Islam religion irrelevant to what is her job, where is working or for whom, or in which gathering is she. The licit woman clothing should cover all her body including wearing hijab covering her hair, head, and neck; except covering face and hands. The clothing should be:neither tight to the extent that figure out her body, nortransparent to the extent visualizing what is underneath.refer to question below.


What is a veil?

It's a cloth worn by woman especially by nun's on top of the head also covering the shoulder....


What is the speceific way of offering prayer for a Muslim male and female?

The only difference between prayer for a man and a woman is that a woman must cover everything exept her face and hands, and man must cover everything from his navel to his knees (although it's better if he also wears a shirt and and head covering.)