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What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?
"God doesn't give a bullet point of all parts on a women's body that he wants hidden from view. It is argued by many Muslim scholars that the reason the 3 verses in the Quran about the way a women should dress were left intentionally vague is so that a women could choose for herself how to dress, according to her specific culture and the progression of time."
"The word hijab is no where in the Quran directly meaning a women's vail. Hijab in Arabic means <barrier> <divide> like between humans and the Divine or between believers and nonbelievers - like a physical screen that men were asked to stand behind when speaking Prophet Mohammed's wives. Hijab in Arabic can also mean <seclusion> <separation> - what Mary sought when giving birth to Jesus."
Samina Ali
TEDx, University of Nevada,
February, 2017
