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- noun Plural form of
niqab .
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Examples
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I think it is laudable to want to do something for women who are forced to wear a niqaab, yet I do not think fining the women (turning victims into perpetrators) is a good way of doing that.
Burka ban update nwhyte 2010
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On the pavement beside me, standing at the bus stop outside the hospital steps, was a collection of women wearing every variety of Muslim covering imaginable, from a pastel headscarf to the complete, thick black niqaab that covers you completely, with a veil of black cloth that blanks out your face, even your eyes.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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On the pavement beside me, standing at the bus stop outside the hospital steps, was a collection of women wearing every variety of Muslim covering imaginable, from a pastel headscarf to the complete, thick black niqaab that covers you completely, with a veil of black cloth that blanks out your face, even your eyes.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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More and more wear the full niqaab, which covers even your face and eyes.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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On the pavement beside me, standing at the bus stop outside the hospital steps, was a collection of women wearing every variety of Muslim covering imaginable, from a pastel headscarf to the complete, thick black niqaab that covers you completely, with a veil of black cloth that blanks out your face, even your eyes.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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More and more wear the full niqaab, which covers even your face and eyes.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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More and more wear the full niqaab, which covers even your face and eyes.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Anonymous said ... as i said on someone elses blog recently, the very fact that the supposedly liberal west is creating conditions within their countries such that they are making it uncomfortable for women to wear hijab and niqaab ought to be an embarassment to them. the fact that it is not shows the extent to which they have not yet assimilated liberal values. good post.
Muslim Veil Also Can Be Free Choice JDsg 2006
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Lawsuit claims AAA Carolinas has racial bias women visiting or hoping to migrate to the country to stay away if they wear, or plan to continue wearing, the niqaab or burqa - the full
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To all my sisters in deen who miss their freedom of wearing their face cover (burqah or niqaab) Allah is with you and you are in our prayers.
WN.com - Articles related to Saudi: OK to uncover face in anti-burqa countries 2010
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