Thursday, December 15, 2016

The Information Behind Modest Islamic Clothing

By Melissa Wilson


One of the most influential religions in the world is Islam. The followers of this religion are spread all through the world. However what mainly identifies them is their unique Modest Islamic Clothing. Clothes differ depending on the geographical location, cultures, climate, social status, tradition and resources as a few of the most common.

The beliefs and religion of Islam is the main driving reason behind their mode of dressing. The attire should help them clearly express their beliefs and values while ensuring they look descent and modest. Most of these designs may look similar and simple, although they are still beautiful. To make the garments, cotton is the main material used. This makes the garments suitable for wear in mostly the hot and humid areas.

The Islam clothing is in two main categories, the fashionable and costly Islamic urban and the traditional rural wear. Urban wear mainly consist of traditional jubbahs, shirt and pant suits as well as pajamas. Rural wears are categorized into women wear that consist of the black facial cloths, Burkha for the women and the simple salwar-kurta while the men wear cotton pajamas and jubbah.

A hijab is the most important Islamic garment especially for the women. There are different concepts involving the wearing of these garments due to the difference in cultures, and changes in time that has affected the way they are used, worn, importance and styles of the hijab. This thus has led to the different rules for example in Saudi Arabia, Islamic women should always be covered in a hijab when in a public place while France and Turkey prohibit hijabs in schools.

The hijabs are of different types to provide a woman with a wide range of choices to choose form. The different types are as a result of different religions and culture, for example Indian and Pakistan Muslims wear a different type of hijab from those in the Middle East. Muslim women in the Middle East wear a hijab known as Abaya often embroidered and cover the body from head to toe. In the latter the hijab worn is known as burqa which is a two piece covering often in black.

The women are expected to dress in loose fitting clothes. This is aimed to reduce the sexual attention the woman draws, by covering up the body in a manner that ensure that it does not distinguish or outline the shape of the body underneath. The clothes they wear should also be dark and thick enough to cover the real color of ones skin, while shiny and bright colors are forbidden.

Similarly to the women, the men are also advised to cover up their heads and dress up modestly. To cover their heads, the men are advised to cover their heads using turbans or scarves with the kuffiyya as an example of a checkered scarf. However the traditions have changed with time thus most men will only wear the head coverings at the religious places.

The main source of Islamic attire is online stores and wholesale markets. The online stores are the most suitable option for saving up on money as they offer the products at high discounts.




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