hijab
a head covering or veil worn generally by force either in public and in private by Muslim women and considered a symbol of misogynist oppression by the non-Muslim world
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Summary
hijab is an Islamic term[1]. hijab ranks in the top 1% of islamic term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,241 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
- Instance of: Sufi terminology[4]
- Item operated: modesty in Islam[5], Akhlaq[6], morality in Islam[7]
- Operator: women in Islam[8], women in the Qur'an[9]
- Part of the series: Islamic ethics[10]
- Subclass of: veil[11], Islamic item[12]
- Part of: Islamic clothing[13]
- Has use: gender segregation and Islam[14], salah[15], ṭawāf[16], Tasattur[17]
- Commons category: Hijabs[18]
- Significant event: Congregational prayer in Islam[19], Hajj[20]
- IPA transcription: ħi.d͡ʒaːb[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hijab[22]
- Commons gallery: Hijab[23]
- Facet of: worship in Islam[24]
- Described by source: The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion[25]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://islam.stackexchange.com/tags/hijab[26]
- Used by: hijabi[27]
- Different from: niqab[28], burqa[29], Tasattur[30], WikiProject Women[31]
- Hashtag: hijab[32], hijabi[33]
- Connects with: intimate parts in Islam[34], mahram[35]
- Significant person: Muhammad's wives[36], female figures in the Quran[37], companions of the Prophet[38], Fatima[39]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[40]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Islam[41], WikiProject Sufism[42], WikiProject Fashion[43]
Why It Matters
hijab has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] hijab is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]