Talk:Veil

message: The significance of choosing to veil has drastically changed in the eyes Muslims in America and in Islamic countries. Choosing not to wear the veil would most likely place one at the bottom of the social ladder; however, choosing whether or not to veil no longer reflects traditional values, but instead reveals preferences of religion, political, or personal conviction.
In The Veil and Urban Space in Istanbul: Women’s Dress, Mobility, and Islamic Knowledge, Anna Secor states, “Women’s veiling choices and their strategies for negotiating the demands of different regimes of veiling in the city are conditioned by the religious understandings that they have formed though their own experiences-which are themselves conditioned by the urban environment,” (Secor 19). The role of the environment and society demonstrates the societal circumstances and pressures of regimes in power. Wearing a veil stands as a declaration of their ideology, acceptance of religion and political outlooks, and social embrace. 
In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi describes a political reason given on television as to why women must veil, “Women’s hair emanates rays that excite men. That’s why women should cover their hair! If in fact it is really more civilized to go without the veil, then animals are more civilized than we are,” (Satrapi 74). This scene depicts the leader of Iran on television telling everyone to follow these new set of political values. Choosing to wear the veil will determine that you are following the political value at that time whether or not you were to be seen “uncivilized” by adhering to the regime’s beliefs. Reinforcing this concept, Satrapi states, “You showed your opposition to the regime by letting a few strands of hair show,” (Satrapi 75). The decision to veil was already determining the political values that they followed or were forced to follow, but how you specifically chose to wear the veil would reflect on your personal character and reveal true sentiments. 
Political values have impacted many women’s choice to veil or not because of various principles that it stands for. Whether wearing the veiling incorrectly shows your opposition to the regimes or not, wearing the veil will show how “uncivilized” humans we are in the perspective of these regimes.
(Jacqueline phan (talk) 03:10, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Please note that wearing a veil for religious reasons is not only an islamic custom as it can be seen in the article. Furthermore, the discussion should be directly related to improvements of the article not just for making statements or quotes.--Turris Davidica (talk) 11:42, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Veils with religious significance 

message: In the passage - Catholic ceremonial veils - it sais, qote: ... a woman should have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
Could this be a reminisens from the Book of Enoch, a popular un-canonical writting from ancient cristianity ?
The Book of Enoch (and, although only in a short passage, the Book of Genesis) refer too wild Giants, spous of Angels and the women of man, who devoured them when the land could not sustain their numbers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xigan (talk • contribs) 13:22, 7 October 2006  (UTC)
No, it comes from 1 Corinthians 11. --God's Webmaster 19:55, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New American Bible "refering" too the Book of Enoch 

message: "Spare us?" My addition was entirely non-POV, and, as far as I know, accurate. Isn't it relevant to the article to point out that where veiling IS still practiced in a Catholic context, it is often indicative of religious conservatism? (Provided, as already stated in the article, it is not merely an ethnic custom.) I see no reason whatsoever for it to be reverted... can you please elaborate on your reasons for doing so? 64.212.45.121 17:07, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious Veiling 

message: Hi, I've been clearing our poor external linking in wedding related articles (mainly linkspam) and followed wikilinks here.  A couple of the external links on this page don't seem to comply with wikipedia's external links guidelines.  In particular the Yahoo groups link (forums should not generally be linked to) and the LDS-mormon link (lots of advertizing).  Are there important reasons for keeping these particular links in, and if so might there be alternative links to similar content that would not be against the guidelines? Thanks --SiobhanHansa 20:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: The bit about Middle Eastern Dancers ("bellydancers") needs to be taken out of the section on courtesans. It is inaccurate and offensive to those of us who practice the art and who have spent many years trying to dispel these ridiculous comparisons. 140.233.137.251 23:23, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Courtesans = Middle Eastern Dancers???!! 

message: This was difficult one. Firstly I am not entirely sure I have done everything all right, somebody might want to check my effort. Secondly, I was unable to resolve two or three cases, I have marked them. --Ruziklan (talk) 18:58, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difficult disambiguation 

message: The Rajasthani women in this picture are not wearing hijab! Original image can be seen here. The women are wearing a dupatta. Dupatta is worn by some Muslim South Asian women as hijab but given the fact that traditional Rajasthani attire includes wearing dupatta, majority of Rajasthani women are Hindus and there is no proof that women shown are Muslims, to specifically say that women shown are wearing hijab is inaccurate. Please remove this misleading image. The term hijab cannot be used to refer to any piece of clothing used by women to cover their head especially if that clothing has traditional name. Thanks --Emperor Genius (talk) 16:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is not hijab! 

message: I have never seen the contents box outlined to the right of the article anywhere on Wikipedia. Is this some kind of new policy or something? Shouldn't it be positioned to the left? --Woodcutterty (talk) 17:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contents box 

message: In the last paragraph of the subsection "Christian Headcovering", it says, "The photograph here of Mass in the Netherlands in about 1946" but...there is no photograph. ?? Kailey elise (talk) 13:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Referenced Image Missing 

message: Exclamation marks are a good sign that someone has strayed from the NPOV. Madler (talk) 11:36, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV in Jewish section? 

message: This article seems identical in scope to headscarf--عبد المؤمن (talk) 23:03, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I would not be in favor of such a merge. There is a clear distinction between headscarves and veils. --Jgstokes (talk) 05:35, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: +1. A veil may have a highly religious or sacral connotation while a headscarf usually has none.--Turris Davidica (talk) 12:17, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: This edit isn't constructive :
*It was actually POV insterted by sockpuppet of long-time abuser User:Mangoeater1000.
*Given source isn't reliable, it presents media opinion of journalist Pierre Tristam. Scholary interpetations may vary, but presenting just one in lead section is POV.
*Interpretations of Quran meanings isn't much relevant for lead section at all, and it has nothing to do with chador which has ancient preislamic origins.
*Claims "various forms of the veil have been adopted from the Arab culture in which Islam arose" are false, some of them existed far before islam was born and haven't Arabic origins.
--SeanKesser (talk) 08:26, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: And where is YOUR source for all these claims. Without a counter source, we must go on the sources that are provided. Whether or not they are input by a sock puppet is irrelevant. It is sourced, so it must be allowed to remain unless and until the consensus rules otherwise. Your continually revision of sourced material constitutes a violation of WP policy, so I would be careful about impugning sourced material without a counter source. If you were to provide a counter source to substantiate your claims, then and only then could a revision of the cited material be considered. Please follow WP policy. WP policy is that all major changes, especially sourced ones, should be discussed fully on the talk page. The fact that you have been continually reverted by other users indicates that other people share this view. So let's discuss this before you revert again, shall we? I think I made my view clear: If a source is cited and seems acceptable, it should not be reverted unless and until the consensus rules otherwise. Part of that ruling can come with the use of a counter source. So happy searching! --Jgstokes (talk) 21:56, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Easy Jgstokes. In this cases, my advice is this: check is author of source expert in field, and check is given source published as scholarly work. The answer in this particular case is no. Discussion about hijab and Quran interpretations already exist in specific article, and the same goes for chador. In my private library I also posses very good and comprehensive books about issue, like "Veil Modesty" by El Guindi. If you need any part feel free to contact. --SeanKesser (talk) 23:23, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

text: Funny but most of explanations above are already given in text sections and supported but much reliable sources, Seems like you didn't even see it, and you say "happy searching". Epic fail. --SeanKesser (talk) 23:37, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

text: Sean, you again failed to provide one reference that substantiates your claim. That's all I'm asking for. This edit has provided a verifiable source, and I and other editors agree that it is verifiable and acceptable for use in this article. Bottom line is still this: You didn't wait for discussion on this issue. You keep unilaterally reverting with claims that are just your opinion. If you would care to cite a source that substantiates your claims, you could clear this up in a minute. You seem to be a newbie editor. I have edited WP for almost seven years, and so I can tell you that others continually reverting you indicates that your edits violate WP policy, while the cited sources are verifiable. So I would again request that you wait to revert this change again until other editors have a chance to study this issue and comment. Until that time, your attempts to continue to introduce POV edits will only result in getting blocked again. So it is you who need to take it easy and follow WP policy. --Jgstokes (talk) 04:55, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

text: Sean, you have completely satisfied me. If other people want to discuss this further, that is their prerogative. But now we have solid cited sources that counter this other user's work. That's all I was asking for, and you delivered. Kudos to you for following through. Best wishes in your future editing. If you have any questions about WP policy or anything like that, feel free to shoot me a note on my talk page. I would suggest that some of these sources be cited in the article to eliminate any confusion. I'm not sure how that could be done, but I'm sure there's a way to do it. Thank you for following WP policy. --Jgstokes (talk) 07:16, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That is not a Columbia University encyclopedia article. That is a bare-face lie, lol. Both of Sean Kesser's sources are www.iranicaonline.org. And even those sources don't agree with Sean Kesser.--Panicnovel (talk) 22:03, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inputs by sock 

message: The bulk of the article cites no references at all, and there are some dubious claims, specifically in the "Wedding veils" section. I was tempted to go through the article and add a hundred citation-needed tags, but that seemed disruptive.
So... what to do?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.94.180.144 (talk) 21:06, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most of the article is unreferenced... 

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