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Originally posted by Donquizote
This is awful, but isn't wearing niqab/ burqa not compulsory for Muslims? Enlighten me please
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There's a difference between a normal Hijab and Niqab. For burqa/niqab they cover their whole body, they cover their faces and sometimes even their eyes, they even wear gloves so they'd cover their hands; which is an extremely exaggerated version of Hijab. What's compulsory for muslim women, is wearing the veil and something that wouldn't show their body shape (not some black tent like these women do but something that would cover up their legs and chest..etc) They can show their faces, hands and feet. It's complusory in Islam and it's a sin not to wear it, but nothing is forced in our religion, you can choose to wear it or not to wear it, but you'll pay your own mistakes in the other life.