head-covering

• “Surveillance camera images released by police showed a man wearing white gloves and a white head-covering spraying liquid from small hose into an elevator.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Handyman Charged in Elevator Arson Death

• “In the 60s there was an interest in the head-covering or veil issue.”

  18th and 19th Century Country Women

• “Their head-covering has to include a knot because tying carries a spiritual significance.”

  The Huffington Post: John L. Esposito: Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims

• “Last week, at the top of the page containing a thread about a Somali woman denied modest clothing and a head-covering during a police raid, there was a banner advertisement for a dating site for single Muslims, containing a photo of a very pleasant, smiling young woman (presumably a non-khat user) wearing a traditional head-covering cum scarf.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Juveniles on Probation, and Their Parents’ Guns (and Other Weapons)

• “A light turban or head-covering worn by inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent.”

  SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1156

• “The Qur'an does not, on the face of it, even require head-covering.”

  The Huffington Post: Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Burqa Bans From an American Muslim's Perspective

• “That includes outward signs of "Islamic" identity, such as head-covering and, rarely, the niqab.”

  The Huffington Post: Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Burqa Bans From an American Muslim's Perspective

• “Veiling came to be associated with Islam later, partly because when missionaries (some wearing a head-covering themselves) went to Muslim countries, they informed Muslim women that they should take their head-coverings off and convert so that they could be liberated.”

  The Huffington Post: Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Burqa Bans From an American Muslim's Perspective

• “What I find truly ironic ius the number of women who wear only the partial head-covering and simultaneously adorn themselves with masses of make-up and jewellery!”

  Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...

• “Face-covering - not head-covering, but face-covering - is incompatible with the conduct of British social and cultural life.”

  Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?

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