Comments on: France may ban burqas, but chic abayas for export are fine http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/07/13/france-may-ban-burqas-but-chic-abayas-for-export-are-fine/ Religion, faith and ethics Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: khadijah1212 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/07/13/france-may-ban-burqas-but-chic-abayas-for-export-are-fine/comment-page-1/#comment-24717 khadijah1212 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:29:04 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=7079#comment-24717 QUOTE "...abayas (long, baggy gowns some Arab women usually worn with a veil) and other luxury versions of traditional outfits for their Middle Eastern clients." I am a white American born former Christian who converted to Islam 9 years ago. "I" wear abayas and jilbabs(very similar) as well as the hijab (Head scarf) and niqab(some call non-Muslims consider a burqa(a burqa is 1 piece garment that covers from head to foot) I don't. I know many non-Arab women who wear an abaya or jilbab with hijab and a few, like myself, also CHOOSE to wear niqab.. It certainly is NOT an "Arab thing," it is an Islamic teaching. QUOTE “…abayas (long, baggy gowns some Arab women usually worn with a veil) and other luxury versions of traditional outfits for their Middle Eastern clients.”

I am a white American born former Christian who converted to Islam 9 years ago. “I” wear abayas and jilbabs(very similar) as well as the hijab (Head scarf) and niqab(some call non-Muslims consider a burqa(a burqa is 1 piece garment that covers from head to foot) I don’t.

I know many non-Arab women who wear an abaya or jilbab with hijab and a few, like myself, also CHOOSE to wear niqab.. It certainly is NOT an “Arab thing,” it is an Islamic teaching.

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