One of the Islamic principles is the idea of the hijab. Hijab is the principle of modesty in Islam and includes behaviour as well as dress for both males and females. The most visible form of hijab is the head covering that many Muslim women wear. Hijab however goes beyond the head scarf. In one popular school of Islamic thought, hijab refers to the complete covering of everything except the hands, face and feet in long, loose and non see-through garments.
The Quran states:
"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, [a list of relatives], [household servants], 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 Allah, that ye may attain Bliss."
24:31
Islam believes that this rule of modesty for a woman is the correct way to live, however in France recently it has caused some controversy with France being the first country to ban the burka. Women who refuse to wear the hijab, and, increasingly, the burka, are intimidated and brutalised by radical Islamic gangs, whose ideas about female emancipation are on an exact par with those of the Taliban, so in some places the women have no choice about how they wish to dress. So France decided to take a stand against this treatment of women. Western society have very different views on the treatment of women. In the Islamic culture women are regarded as second class citizens to the men, which is not the case in Western society regardless of religion, so in a bid to promote equality France banned the burka.
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