Burka, what does Quran have to say about it and how are Modern Muslim Females thinking/dealing with it?
Burka refers to a long, loose, usually black or light blue garment that covers the whole body and is usually worn in public by Muslim women. It is made up of the loose body covering, the face veil and the head covering. Its initial purpose was to keep the blowing sand out of women’s faces when travelling through the desert. It is said that the burka was first worn long before Islam began. Historians point its use to Arabic and Persian women, for example in Tertullian’s and Strabo’s writings. It is believed by most Muslims that the ...