Interestingly, I have never seen such a thing . . .

Post #275,100 by Andrew Grygus 12/7/06 9:33:48 PM Reply	Interestingly, I have never seen such a thing . . . . . here in Southern California, despite our large Islamic population. Islamic women here generally wear head scarves, often loosly applied and sometimes downright skimpy, but some wear a more severe black head covering. Never a veil of any kind. I'm a little ambivilant on the subject, but if it came down to making a choice I'd favor a ban, particularly since such garb is increasingly used as a cover for terrorist activity. I can not, however, see banning the simple head coverings I see here. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #275,112 by static 12/7/06 11:07:03 PM Reply	I don't see them much, either. In the parts of Sydney I frequent - i.e. the Sutherland Shire where I live and North Sydney where I work - burqas are very rare and naqibs almost completely absent. On the other hand, haijibs are widespread, but tend to stand out. When I was working elsewhere in Sydney a few years ago, I drove daily through a strongly Muslim suburb. At one bus-stop nearly every morning was a lady in full burqa and naqib with her children waiting for the school bus. That is the only consistent siting of a naqib I have. Interestingly, my parents helped the Red Cross some years ago when Australia housed some Kosovo refugees for a while. The refugees' religious affiliation was Islamic, but it seemed to be somewhat Westernised: the traditional forms of dress were nowhere to be seen. Wade. "Don't give up!"
Post #275,127 by pwhysall 12/8/06 1:26:11 AM Reply	Burqa and naqib? I bet she was warm. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [link\|http://darwinia.co.uk/\|[image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]]
Post #275,129 by static 12/8/06 1:29:46 AM Reply	I don't really know. She was fully covered in loose black, except for a narrow eye-slit. From Wikipedia's descriptions, I think that would qualify as both. Wade. "Don't give up!"
Post #275,137 by pwhysall 12/8/06 2:34:28 AM Reply	No, that's a niqab. It can't be both. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [link\|http://darwinia.co.uk/\|[image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]]
Post #275,139 by static 12/8/06 5:26:13 AM Reply	I stand corrected. "Don't give up!"
Post #275,210 by JayMehaffey 12/8/06 8:03:29 PM Reply	I see them now and then I see the full body covering clothing here in Philadelphia and northern suburbs every now and then. The most common combination is a big fully body robe with long sleeves and a separate head scarf. The true Burqa, where the head covering is part of the robe is rare. Head scarves worn with regular clothing are a lot more common. Of course I'm also going by a lot more people walking through the Suburban station rail/subway interchange every day. Jay

Welcome to IWETHEY!