Akademik Platform İslami Araştırmalar Dergisi

Yazarlar: Omar MİZEL

Konular:Din Bilimi

Anahtar Kelimeler:Hijab,Islam

Özet: The question of the hijab resurfaces time and time again, as various parties raise the issue and its relationship with Islam and other faiths. Notions including liberty, terrorism, persecution, fanaticism, democracy are addressed, among many others. It has been recently noted that the number of Palestinian university female students (PUFS) wearing the hijab is on the rise. This study seeks to explore the reasons behind this behavioral phenomenon. The purpose of the study is to understand how PUFS wearing the hijab view Hijab; it seeks to answer a central question, “How do these female students justify their choice of wearing the hijab?”, and “How do these justifications differ according to their socio-educational context?” The study consists of 25 in-depth interviews with female students studying at a mixed Arab and Jewish College. The study revealed that the perception and justification of wearing the hijab is not only religious. It also expresses a social, cultural, economic and political perception. The notion of traditional Hijab, as a means of suppressing a woman’s freedom, is no longer valid. On the contrary, PUFS indicate that wearing the hijab harmonizes with modernization and contributes to Moslem women’s adaptation, wherever they are, serving as an essential factor for their engagement with the society.

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