This & That, Ceci et Cela

A little known factoid about hijab

Sep 25th, 2003 1:00am
"It is widely believed that the hijab (headscarf) is an ancient Muslim Tradition. It was in fact invented in Lebanon in the 70's by the Shia Sect so that the Shia women can be differentiated from other Islamic women. The design of the scarf itself is based on older European scarves that women used to wear. I think it is wrong to say that the hijab is Islamic tradition ...

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