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In some Islamic states, it is recommended, ir even mandatory for a woman to wear a burqa. This is an item of clothing that completely covers the body. In the hot countries this must surely be uncomfortable because of over-heating. And in the wetter countries, it may in fact rain, which would would make
the burkha clingy (ruining the purpose) and uncomfortable.
Introducing the Islambrella. It is like a normal umbrella only with extra material attatched to the edges, that can be folded up and held with velcro when not in use. When unfurled the material would reach to, or almost to the croud, with a semi-transparent rectangle at head height for the eyes. It would come in a variety of sizes for people of different heights.
This would also be useful for non-muslims as, in sunny weather it would most definitely prevent sunburn, and would be far superior to a normal umbrella in rain in that there would be no danger of the run off from the edges falling down the back of your neck. Also there would be no way for those irritating gusts of wind to get under the umbrella and turn it inside out.
All of this whilst ensuring that your attire in no way offends Allah. Hell you could go out wearing no clothes and nobody would ever know it.
umbrella-coat hat
umbrella-coat_20hat
similar [skinflaps, Sep 21 2005]
Chindogu umbrella
http://sulafo.e-mer...indogu/umbrella.htm
What you propose I think, however transparent in features. [skinflaps, Sep 21 2005]
Privacy Tent
http://www.libertym...pe=product&id=21706
Note the handy mesh windows which allow the wearer to see where (s)he is headed while wearing as replacement for a burqa. [jurist, Sep 21 2005, last modified Sep 22 2005]
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I noticed the similarity between this and umbrella-coat hat when I was doing a preliminary check. It seemed as though it was sufficiently different, as I appears to be made of transparent sheets, which would completely defeat the object of this idea. And I hadn't thought to make it into a hat. :( |
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Chindogu umbrella, linky. |
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crescent shaped umbrella? |
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Sounds as much like walking around town in a privacy tent [link] as a full length umbrella. |
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Hmmm....Croissant shaped umbrella. |
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What I'm looking for is somewhat of a cross between [skinflaps]' and [jurist]'s links. |
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The Burqa (Correct Anglicised spelling, by the way) is neither obligatory nor even prescribed in the Qur'an. |
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The wording merely states (Verse 33:59) "And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards God, that ye may attain Bliss." Quote courtesy Wikipedia. |
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The imposition of the full Burqa is a relatively recent reinterpretation, it would seem. |
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Thanks for the spelling [UB], and I wasn't debating the use of a full burqa, merely accepting it as a form of dress and tryign to make it more comfortable. |
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Commendable effort. I sought only to clarify the reasons, or lack thereof, for its use under Islamic Law. Sharia Law has imposed a much stricter definition, whilst Taliban Law was the Islamic equivalent of Fashion Nazism. |
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