Before the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, it was little worn in cities. During the Taliban's reign, women were required to wear a burqa whenever they appeared in public. It is not required under the present Afghan regime, but in currently unsettled conditions, many women who might not otherwise wear the burqa do so as matter of personal safety.
Het was geen keuze maar een verplichting door de taliban!
Many Muslims believe that the Islamic scripture, the Qur'an, and the collected traditions, or hadith, require a woman to dress and behave modestly in public. However, this requirement, called hijab, has been interpreted in many different ways by Islamic scholars (ulema) and Muslim communities (see Women in Muslim societies).
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Quran calls this mode of dressing "modest". Muslims, male and female, are expected to dress without exposure of intimate body parts as expressed in the Qur'an:
"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do." [24:30]
"And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms ... " [24:31]
met de boerka zie je helemaan iks meer dus dat komt dan niet overeen met deze vers!
"O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them. That will be better, so that they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah (SWT) is ever Forgiving, Merciful." [33:59]
However, there are many different interpretations of what "modesty" requires. See the article on hijab for an extended discussion of modest dress.
Generally, most Islamic scholars agree that women are not required to wear the veil seeing as the Prophet said that the only part(s) of the woman's body that need not be covered are her face and hands. Rather, the wearing of the veil came later from Islamic fundamentalists. The history of women wearing the veil has existed in the Middle East since pre-Islamic times. It is said that the wearing of the veil was adopted as a part of Islam by religious fanatics (especially the Wahabbis of Saudi Arabia), from the pagan traditions of pre-Islamic Mecca & Persia.
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Dit om aan te tonen dat de boerka gen basis vindt in de islam. de moslims in Nederland zijn meestal Soenni en deze dragen de boerka niet. er zal dus weinig weerstand zijn tegen dit verbod. gelukkig maar.
wanneer ben ik radicaal in jouw ogen trouwens?
en jij bent al 11 jaar lang moslim 
