Essays on Hijab

Abercrombie and Fitch Case Analysis

Abercrombie & Filch is a fashion company that has been dogged by numerous lawsuits and cases regarding employee discrimination. The company has been accused of discriminating employees based on race and appearance. Since the turn of the 21st century, Abercrombie has been slapped with numerous lawsuits concerning employee discrimination on various grounds. This paper will conduct an in-depth analysis of these cases and provide relevant responses.

Appearance

Regarding appearance, Abercrombie’s CEO, Mike Jeffries, has been accused of favoring “thin, tall, and white models” over the “not so good-looking” staff. Moreover, Abercrombie reportedly does not allow staff to put on scarves ...

2016

Sydney, New South Wales This report was completed as an assessment in the

Introduction

Immigrants develop a sense of place in their new country and eventually are able to call it home. They normally integrate into the community into which they have arrived and start to develop a meaningful sense of belonging – being part of the Australian way of life and being able to participate in activities and values which are important to them. However, many Muslim women are not allowed to happily adjust to their new surroundings nor are they able to maintain their cultural norms and spiritual beliefs ...

Muslim women in the U.S

The American society is an amalgamation of hundreds of nationalities living together and thriving in a world equally. America is known all around the globe as a symbol of freedom and independence. It is a country where people can be what they want to be without the fear of being judged or condemned. This thought gives the presumption that people of all faiths, ethnicities and creeds can coexist peacefully without having to face criticism and hatred. However, this is different in the case where one group and religious minority in the country targeted and ostracized for their views. The ...

I have been studying in the United States since 2009 and have observed that Muslim women who wear the hijab in US society are taken as the chief representatives of Islam, far more than Muslim men or those Muslim women who dress without it. In fact, research has shown that women who wear the hijab are often viewed as fervent Muslims and even Islamic ‘fanatics’ as they are easily differentiated from non-Muslims in the society (Ebaugh, 2005). In effect, those who do not choose to cover themselves or their heads will never be judged on their appearance, occupation, faith ...

Introduction

The advertising industry plays an important role in conveying messages to different societies. While advertising is referred to as an “archetypal American service industry” (Faulconbridge et al, 49), it's now become an important element in any society. For instance, many organizations around the world have been using advertisement to advance their cause. An example of which are women’s organization that aims to achieve equality for women from all over the world, one advertisement is exemplified in Image 1 which can seen at the end of this paper. There are many public campaigns about the social issue of women’ ...

On September 11, 2001, al Qaeda, an extremist Islamist organization, committed the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S history. No one in the world will ever forget that dark moment when two passenger planes, cutting through the blue sky, crashed into the iconic twin towers of the World Trade Center, leading them to collapse to the ground. In the aftermath of this tragedy, anti-Muslim sentiments and fear have grown significantly within the United States. In fact, while innocent Muslim-Americans are being subjected to discrimination at the hands of a section of American society, the notorious terrorists who actually committed the ...

Dress is regarded as marker of identity. Dress in which veil is given importance is common is Middle Eastern clothing style. However, majority of women when talk about dress, they consider fashion, modesty, and convenience with reference to their religion and values as their reasons and logic for veiling. But, it is also a fact that every style related to clothing has its own aesthetic, and is an indication of control, social discipline, and pleasure (Ingham & Lindisfarne-Tapper, 2014). Dress is used for creation and confirmation or contesting collective and personal identities. This is because of the fact that every ...

Why do Muslim women cover their hair?

It is the commonly approved norm among the followers of Islam that a Muslim woman needs to cover-up her head and most part of her hair exposing just her face. This general norm is part of the general, accepted dress code and social practice norms which Islam preaches. This dress code suggestion is hence an integral fraction of the existing standard social system of Islam, and the materialization of significant common principles of Islam, that are applicable to all believers of Islam. Precisely, a modern, well-educated Muslim woman follows the norm about covering her hair because she prefers to ...

Islamic Dress Code

The roots of the Islamic veil can be traced to 13th Century B.C. in Mesopotamia which was by then symbol of social class to the natives and not religion (Sultan-ul-Qalam, 2006). The veil was a distinctive feature between the women in the royal harem and their ordinary counterparts. It was mandatory that all the Women in Assyria, Mesopotamia, put on the veil to cover their heads with the exemption of the prostitutes. For Assyrian schoolgirls, it was an obligation that they put on the veil at all times in the conformation of the Muslim Sharia Law. This was at a time ...