Hi. My names Alysha Lynch and I’m a representative of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils. We at the AFIC work to empower Muslims through its constituent State, Territory Islamic Councils and Societies to achieve their full potential as Australian citizens. We’re trying to achieve this vision by meeting the ongoing need of the community though;
- Articulating the interests of Australian Muslims in political advocacy and social justice
- Acknowledging the rights and addressing the community’s diverse, multicultural, social and religious needs
- Assisting members in meeting the needs of local Muslims
- Assisting Muslim communities in remote and regional areas to establish prayer and burial facilities
- Providing support and assistance…show more content… During the 10th century laws were created that required women to wear strict veiling and prevented women to take part in public activities. There was much debate in later years as to whether the head veils, especially the Burqa, were bad and not part of the religion but instead the social customs, like what Qasim Amin believed, or a good thing and a part of the religion and a way for women to express their modesty and beliefs, like what Malak Hifni Nassef believed. From the 1920’s till 1966 many countries and places began to ban the Burqa and other head veils from being worn. Then during the Six Day War in 1967, when Egypt lost to Israel, many women retuned to conservative values and veils were seen as a symbol of superiority and domination. Then in 1979 during the revolution of Iran, the veils were worn as a symbol of liberation. Today many places are banning these forms of headdress once again because of their misbelief of what these head veils really mean and what they stand for in Muslim society, instead believing that they represent degradation of Muslim women and fundamentalism (cjmcd,…show more content… That is purer for them. Lo! God is Aware of what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their chests, and not to reveal their adornment” (Quran 24:30).
All through history many different religions have head veils or headdresses for the women of the religion. In Catholicism, women wear a veil or a mantilla, and catholic nuns wear a head dress called a wimple. This, for them, is a symbol of respect, chastity, humility and modesty. These women wear veils when they attend church or mass. Especially the women who are virgins, who should only be known to their God alone (Jacobs et al, 2018). This can be seen in this verse from their Bible, which states;
[…]“And whereas any man who keep his head covered when he prays or utters prophecy brings shame upon his head, a woman brings shame upon her head if she uncovers it to pray or prophesy; she is no better than the woman who has her head shaved. If a woman would go without a veil, why does she not cut her hair short too if she admits that a woman is disgraced when her hair is cut short or shaved, then let her go veiled…Judge for yourselves; is it fitting that a woman should offer prayer to God unveiled? Does not nature itself teach you that, whereas it is a disgrace to a man to wear his hair long, when a woman grows her hair long, it is an
