hijab

a head covering or veil worn generally by force either in public and in private by Muslim women and considered a symbol of misogynist oppression by the non-Muslim world
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hijab

Summary

hijab is an Islamic term[1]. hijab ranks in the top 1% of islamic_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,469 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hijab's religion is recorded as Islam[3].
  • hijab's instance of is recorded as Islamic term[4].
  • hijab's instance of is recorded as Sufi terminology[5].
  • hijab's item operated is recorded as modesty in Islam[6].
  • hijab's item operated is recorded as Akhlaq[7].
  • hijab's item operated is recorded as morality in Islam[8].
  • hijab is operated by women in Islam[9].
  • hijab is operated by women in the Qur'an[10].
  • hijab's part of the series is recorded as Islamic ethics[11].
  • hijab is a type of veil[12].
  • hijab is a type of Islamic item[13].
  • hijab is part of Islamic clothing[14].
  • hijab is used for gender segregation and Islam[15].
  • hijab is used for salah[16].
  • hijab is used for ṭawāf[17].
  • hijab is used for Tasattur[18].
  • hijab's Commons category is recorded as Hijabs[19].
  • hijab's significant event is recorded as Congregational prayer in Islam[20].
  • hijab's significant event is recorded as Hajj[21].
  • hijab's IPA transcription is recorded as ħi.d͡ʒaːb[22].
  • hijab's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hijab[23].
  • hijab's Commons gallery is recorded as Hijab[24].
  • hijab's facet of is recorded as worship in Islam[25].
  • hijab's described by source is recorded as The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion[26].
  • hijab's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://islam.stackexchange.com/tags/hijab[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include Islamic term[4] and Sufi terminology[5]. Recorded subclass of include veil[12] and Islamic item[13].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include gender segregation and Islam[15], salah[16], ṭawāf[17], and Tasattur[18]. hijab is part of Islamic clothing[14]. hijab's used by is recorded as hijabi[28].

Why It Matters

hijab ranks in the top 1% of islamic_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,469 views/month).[2] hijab has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] hijab is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ທິງ຺ອຣ຺ທິລິອມ຺ປູລຸ · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religion or worldview → Islam
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P140]]: [[Q9603]]"
  2. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → a head covering or veil worn generally by force either in public and in private
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||cy, arz */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537589505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  4. 22w ago · Mullanur · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Part of series → —
    Aliases → —
    Used by → hijabi
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: memory-alpha:Hijab"
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