Context: Islam, Allah and the Prophet Muhammad Muhammad is the prophet of Islam who through supernatural encounters with an angel called Gabriel at the age of 40, began delivering the words and commands of Allah, originally the name of the God of Arabia, almost until he died. These were later captured in the Koran […]

In the West we regard some of the head coverings of Muslim women as a form of Islamic oppression of women. A hijab is a covering that creates a separation or partition for the woman from the outside world. The Word hijab can be translated as head covering, veil or screen. Despite […]