Hijab of modern Muslims: tradition or fashion?
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-3-578-602
Abstract
The article analyzes the role and place of hijab in the daily life of Muslims. The types of head dresses of Muslim women from various regions of the world are considered within the framework of the article. The paper highlights the most distinctive similarities and contradictions of the head dresses worn with the norms of classical Islam described in the Quran. It also discloses the fashion trends of world brands’ special series producing clothes complying with Islamic standards. It reveals domestic contradictions arising in a society because of wearing a hijab, as well as mentions protest movements that arose in the Islamic world in connection with the need to comply with the dress code, taking into account not only the norms of traditional Islam, but also the norms of local traditions (adates) that affect the clothes of women in Muslim regions of the world. The research also considers the rights of women to wear religious paraphernalia and clothing for representatives of any faith. It reveals the peculiarities of hijab wearing and Muslim women’s mixed attitude towards this problem.
About the Author
M. S-G. AlbogachievaIa
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography after Peter the Great (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Albogachieva Makka Sultan-Gireyevna - Cand. Sci.(History), Senior Researcher in the Caucasus Ethnography Department of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography after Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) RAS..
St. Petersburg
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AlbogachievaIa M.S. Hijab of modern Muslims: tradition or fashion? Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2020;13(3):578-602. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-3-578-602
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