The term Hijabi and non-Hijabi

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If you wear a headscarf, would you find it okay being called “hijabi” and “hijaban”?

Those who don’t wear the scarf but wear decent clothes in general, would you be okay with being called “non-hijabi”?

And question to everyone, who would you consider a “hijabi”, a woman wearing a scarf (Palestinian style)or a woman wearing Pakistani style dupatta or both?

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What's wrong in being called a hijabi or non-hijabi? Its simply implying whether you wear it or not. However anything at all if said in an offensive tone is wrong whether you are called someone sweet or whatever.

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There isn't a need to get too caught up in the terminology. Hijabi, non-hijabi, hijaban, I don't think there's anything wrong with these terms and don't think too much of them either.

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Hijaab is the one that covers a woman's satar whatever the form or shape doesn't matter as long as the dress is not revealing and does NOT show the body contours. thank you...same goes for men...they have to cover their satar as well which is from belly button to just below the knees

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While its true that hijab refers to covering the whole body, it has come to mean covering hair. If someone is calling me non-hijabi because i don't cover my hair, it's fine, but if they are saying i don't follow hijab, i would not be okay because I do take care to wear full, loose clothes and conduct myself modestly, i just don't do FULL hijab.

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i do understand ur view point and respect it. satar includes hair in for women, btw

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I don't mind being called a hijabi.

Your last question: I think a Pakistani dupetta is just as much a hijab as a Palestinian scarf. Two different cultures finding different ways towards modesty, that's all!

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^ Excellent answer. :k:

I think purdah of any sort be it Chador, Burkah, headscarf, dupata… and not all of these are unique to Islam but orthodox faiths around the world observe simmilar traditions so long as it does the job who cares what it’s called or what the wearers called.

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First of all, it wasn't a question about description of hijab. I believe "hijabi" is a modern term mostly used in Western countries by muslims to define a woman wearing headscarf in a certain style.

Personally, I don't like this term even if people mean utter respect by it. I think people should completely stop calling women with a certain title based on their clothes.

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You're right, hijab these days means the headscarf only. I've seen countless examples of girls in hijabs wearing tight jeans (especially common among arab girls) and what not, which totally defeats the purpose of hijab. Also I'd like to add hijab is simply hijab, it's either complete or it's non-hijab, there is no partial hijab.

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the root of the problem.

if muslims cant respectfully call upon other muslims who are doing hijab, then why would you expect any other culture/religion to be respectful towards the idea of those who are at the very least even trying to do hijab regardless of if its perfectly done or not...

anyways, i dont hate the term hijabi/hijaban, but im not a big fan of it. i mean, does it really take too much breath away to say 'she does hijab' instead of saying 'shes a hijabi' or 'shes a hijaban'..a short explanation is better than a label.

i think its wrong bc hijabi/hijaban should not become stigma's..and the way they are being used in the west by muslims to describe fellow muslim girls who do hijab, that is exactly what its becoming, a mark, an affiliation...an affiliation of leaving the ones who do hijab or even try to do hijab at their best in a category which throws a list of rules for them to follow, and if they dont, then 'fellow muslims' are fast to bash them out for..even trying to do hijab if its not completely and wholly proper??? absolutely wrong.

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I don't mind being called a non-hijabi.. I don't really consider dupatta hijab unless it's opaque and there isn't 2 feet of hair dangling out the back.. Hijab isn't meant to be translucent/see thru like a lot of dupattas are. To me that's more just a cultural way of dressing, as ppl wear jeans in the west desis wear dupatta as it's a cultural norm (or was)..

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Get mad not, for it is only semantics

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I don't see it as a big deal either. But to each his own.

I once heard a hijaban (who doesn't do nikab) call another hijaban (who wore nikab) a "Ninja." It was kinda funny.