Talk:Niqāb

Is it me or do they look like ninjas?

Is this garment the same as a yashmak - see also [1]? Pcb21| Pete 19:37, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

For more than a year now, this article has contained the phrasing

contrary to popular belief, and probably against what some people would hope, the Burqah's usage is limited solely to Afghanistan and certain area of Pakistan

which is certainly not NPOV. I have edited it. 168.12.253.82 20:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I removed "Some prostitutes in Islamic countries also use niqāb as a way of hiding their identity when they come or go to their job" because of a lack of citation. I searched for niqab and prostitute online and couldn't find any sources to support this. The Radio Star 21:06, 19 July 2006 (UTC) -Alright, I found a source, so I re-entered it with a citation. The Radio Star 08:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

To be criminalised in Holland!

This is a great article! Given the current firestorm of controversy over wearing the niqab, it's really refreshing to see how neutral and informative this is.Ninquerinquar 02:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Template

I removed Template:Fiqh-Eti and Template:Islamicdress because they make editing and reading the article more difficult without providing any navigational value which cannot be found in the text itself. --Wasted Sapience 04:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Niqāb in Islam should be checked by an expert

It's poor article from technical viewpoint. For example the questionable translation for the verse of Qur'an Oh Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (Ahzab 59) has been used while in Arabic it doesn't explicitly means "all over their bodies" . It's one of possible interpretation of this verse. Furthermore it's not clear which madhāhab recommends it and which one forbade it. Therefor I added the {{expert}} in that part.--Sa.vakilian(t-c) 19:34, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree that it would be nice to see some more material on the translation of the crucial passage - I am by no means an expert and would welcome a comparison of the differing translations if someone feels competent to do it. Helen-Eva 09:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Quoting the Quran

I removed some commentary from inside the quotation marks of the Muhammad quote, as the commentary just reflects the writers opinion. Putting it inside a quotation from Muhammad makes it seem like the authors comment comes from Muhammad.