Why do Muslim women cover their hair? The Historical Development of Headscarf.

The headscarf is a kind of cover and clothing that covers most or all of the top of the head, especially the hair, which is used to protect it from corrosive teeth, to ensure cover, to be unrecognized.

Although some societies use a variety of headlines, such as shrouds, with names such as shrouds, the headscarf is often considered part of women's clothing. From West to East, from Christianity to Buddhism, there is a universal prevalence in different religious and geographical environments.

The headscarf has gained religious or traditional functions and meanings in some societies, beyond its main function as a garment, covering its head from heat and cold. According to the terms of the region and culture, the shape of the headscarf shows a great variety, as well as the meanings it takes on are different. In a society, social status can be considered as a sign of the rule of man over woman when used as a sign of nobility.

Headscarf in Antic Societies

It is noted that the period of the head and face covering has traveled to 4000 before the millennium in Mesopotamian societies. The nuns had to cover their heads in the Inanna pensions in Sumer. These temples indicate that the nuns are acting as holy prostitutes and therefore cover their heads to leave other women

M. O. 40 of the law of an Assyrian King in 1500. the article has ordered married and widowed women to cover the heads of temple prostitutes; it is forbidden for single girls, concubines and prostitutes to cover their heads. This application continued in Persians and moved from there to Arabs.

It is known that women cover their hair in the Hitits, Frigians and Ionians of the former communities living in Anatolia.

In the Hindu communities, in ancient times, noble men and women used flashy headliners and headliners.

Women in ancient Greek societies, 6 B.C. from the 18th century, he covered their heads with different covers, such as shawl, scarf, bone (sakkos). In the Roman state, the concepts of piety and testicles are often symbolized in the form of a clothed woman or goddess.

Headscarf in Judaism

In Judaism, men cover their heads with a hat or a hat as a symbol of accepting God's superiority, while women cover their heads for different reasons than men and headscarf. In Judaism, women's headscarf is a symbol of chastity, some say it is a symbol of virtue, and some say that the wife's marriage belongs to her husband, while some say the headscarf is a symbol of dignity and nobility of Jewish women.

The shape of the headscarf used by Jewish women has changed in history. When initially using large, large headliners and shakes, the dimensions of these covers and the areas they cover have narrowed over time. At first, the entire head area was closed outside the face, and over time, the neck became exposed. after the 19 th century, the headscarf was replaced by hats and then a wig. Today, the press coverage of the majority of the Jews is restricted to synagogue only and other media coverage is widespread. However, there are Jewish women on earth who continue to wear mats, hats or wigs.

Headscarf in Christianity


Since there is no other expression regarding the cover-up in the Christian scripture, it is based on the words in the letters of Pavlus. Pavlus wanted the continuation of the tradition of women in the Jews to oppose the pagan culture; over the hundreds of years, the tightly applied cover has become a practice for nuns only.

The nuns' headscarf is an important stage of nuns. The nuns cover their heads as a symbol of marriage to Jesus.

There are Christian women in many parts of the world today who have traditionally cover their heads.


Headscarf in Islam

The concept of Islamic cover differs from country to country, region to region, according to the origin of societies. In the Qur'an, certain forms of clothing are not recommended, only to give a number of measurements. The cover-up has been covered in several months.

There have been different approaches to cover and cover-up with the interpretation of these verses in relation to their culture and understanding.


The term Himar was translated as a "headscarf", and it was interpreted as “lowering the headscarf and covering the collars or jewelry in the capture”. In addition, the expression ‘self-appearing parts’ in the period of the period of the period of the review has allowed many different perspectives to be brought to the headscarf; the way of covering the society has been developed according to the orphology of society. In a time when men-women cover their heads, covering their hair is within the limits of cover-up, and when the general acceptance of society goes beyond that, it is also possible to open it.

Although there are different practices due to differences in interpretation of words in verses, cultural and regional differences, there have been centuries of cover-up in Muslim families and communities since the months of cover-up, women's cover-up has been accepted from the most prominent features of Muslim societies.

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