Erkan's field diary discusses Turkey's lifting of the headscarf (Hijab) ban in his country.

You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.

And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

Confused by the Veil

Sami's daughter wore the hijab.

Layla decided to wear the hijab.

Veiled Sexuality

Much has been said about the veil, or hijab.

Morocco s Veiled Feminists

Masih Alinejad who now lives in the United Kingdom posted a picture of herself unveiled on Twitter from while she was in Iran.

Sami's daughter stopped wearing the hijab.

Layla wore hijab all her life.

In Morocco, hijab is certainly a choice.

In March, we caught up with a new crew of hijabloggers women who wear the hijab and blog about it.

Veiling in Morocco is not a law, but a choice.

Azerbaijan's school rules require secondary school students to wear uniforms, reminiscent of Soviet era uniforms.

For more on the subject of hijab, read Abdurahman Warsame's recent article, Somalia Can a hijab wearing blogger get a respectable job in the US?

Layla started wearing the hijab around Ramadan.

But this complexity is lost due to the concept of the veil.

Two elderly Moroccan women tie their scarves under their chins

He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil

And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail

There were no private universities for girls wearing scarves.

The only male to have posted his picture was Magdy Abdelraheem saying he is showing solidarity Sa Neb went to discuss whether Hijab is a religious obligation or not If men wore Hijab in solidarity with women that will be a confession that Hijab is part of a woman's femininity and I do not see it as an Islamic must.

Muslims are not asking for ALL women to wear hijab in ALL sectors, rather we are asking that for those ALREADY wearing the hijab, to allow them to continue wearing it.

Muhammad Haikal echoes and clarifies the arguments of the Singapore Hijab Movement

After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all

Because of the anti Hijab law in Tunisia, those wearing it, show their neck and hair, while in Kuwait, the uniform dress code is a loose Abaya (cloak), and a complete cover on the face, which also covers the eyes.

I think the whole world would benefit if put on the hijab!

It seems the hijab has set off a national controversy in Norway.

He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

But I really find it weird that some ladies are so keen on wearing it, while they live up to nothing that it represents, writes Qwaider, from Jordan.

An adult woman who chose to wear a headscarf might be excluded from employment in some jobs and a minor girl who was required to wear a headscarf by her family could be excluded from school.

The West interprets veiling as repression of women and suppression of their sexuality.

Older women still wear the full veil, revealing only their eyes.

And they are still crying on the the martyr of the sea saw, and they called her the martyr of the hijab.

What reality, if many of the students of Al Azhar don't wear the hijab?

Paying attention to nuances makes a huge difference the difference between saying that 60 women wear the veil and saying that 11 do.

The Islamists could also impose the veil and later on the niqab.

He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside of the veil.

and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.