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  2. Women in pre-Islamic Arabia - Wikipedia

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    Those women who were family to "seigniors" had to veil as well as those who were previously prostitutes but now married. Laws on veiling were so strict that intolerable consequences were enacted for these women, some of which included being severely beaten or cutting their ears off. Prostitutes and slaves were prohibited from veiling.

  3. Niqāb - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, girls begin wearing veils in their teenage years. [60] [61] Acceptance of the niqab is not universal in Yemen. A senior member of the Al-Islah political party, Tawakkol Karman, removed her niqab at a human rights conference in 2004 and since then has called for "other women and female activists to take theirs off". [62]

  4. Marriage in pre-Islamic Arabia - Wikipedia

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    Marriage by capture, often taking place during times of war, occurred when women were taken captive by men from other tribes and placed on the slave market of Mecca. From the slave market these women were sold into marriage or slavery. In captive marriages men bought their wives and therefore had complete control over them.

  5. Islamic veiling practices by country - Wikipedia

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    Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab.. Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya and burqa, are worn by Muslim women around the world, where the practice varies from mandatory to optional or restricted in ...

  6. All the most jaw-dropping wardrobe malfunctions of 2017 -- so far

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    But her most daring mishap this year (which was also intentional) happened after the 2017 Met Gala when she was photographed wearing a see-through ensemble with only tape to cover her breasts ...

  7. Islamic clothing - Wikipedia

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    Participants were given pictures of six women wearing different styles of veil along with the question: "What Style of Dress is Appropriate for Women in Public?". The results found that: "In Pakistan, there is an even split (31% vs. 32%) between woman #3 and woman #2, who is wearing a niqab that exposes only her eyes, while nearly a quarter (24 ...

  8. Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia

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    House of Muhammed in Medina, where he lived after the migration from Mecca. [21] Dar Al-Arqam, the first Islamic school where Muhammad taught. [22] It now lies under the extension of the Masjid Al-Haram of Mecca. [citation needed] Qubbat al-Thanaya, the burial site of Muhammed's incisor that was broken in the Battle of Uhud. [8]

  9. These before and after photos show the real effects of ... - AOL

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    Click through to see the shocking before and after images: The main side effects heroin causes on appearance according to New Health Advisor are: Weight loss due to loss of appetite, or because a ...