A Guide to Islams Clothing

Islam means submission to God. Islam is a religion in which people have a certain set of rules to follow regarding their eating habits, clothing, beliefs and much more. In clothing, women and men each have different sets of instructions. The issue I am addressing is that unfortunately, some businesses and factories do not let their workers wear certain attires due to uniformity between workers or modernizing the business. But, this leads to certain religions including Islams followers to not be able to work their because they cannot wear that attire. It can make people lose jobs juts because they simply cannot wear certain clothing.

 Men are mostly allowed to wear whatever they might want outside (regular t-shirts and pants). But , men are not allowed to wear any gold accessories and silk accessories. They may wear silver but they are not permitted to wear gold. Women on the other hand are allowed to wear gold, silver and silk whenever they may please. 

It is said that women have to wear a head-scarf after they hit puberty and that they should always wear loose modest clothing that covers their whole body.

Some women choose to wear abayas which are kind of like huge cardigans that cover their whole body. Some women also choose to wear niqabs which is a covering of the face except for the eyes and sometimes forehead while they go out. Some people say that wearing abayas and niqabs are not mandatory and according to certain scholars they are not.  According to the article "Why do Muslims women wear a hijab?", passages in the Quran state that wearing a hijab is mandatory because of male desire, but some scholars argue that the passages were meant for the Prophets wives not necessarily all women. 

During Hajj or Umrah (pilgrimage to Mecca) women and men have to wear Ihram. Ihram is a state in which a Muslim must enter in order to perform the major pilgrimage and minor pilgrimage. Ihram has it's own set of clothing guide lines. Men must wear to white towels that cover their upper body like a sash and lower body like a skirt while women must wear an abaya and a head scarf. They must wear this all-throughout pilgrimage.

Sources

https://theconversation.com/why-do-muslim-women-wear-a-hijab-109717

 

Imperialism Continues to Affect Africa’s Lifestyle

 

 Summary 

Imperialism has continued to affect Africa in numerous ways. Even though Imperialism is viewed as a negative part of Africa’s history, it still led to advances in technology in Africa. For example Africa started getting better transportation like railways and railroads. They started having better communication between tribes etc. Africa’s citizens started communicating with each other more. But, this can also be viewed as a political issue. As more and more tribes converse they are mixing their certain political views and their own tribal identities and you have to add that to all the European ideas. This could bring many political problems. Another effect on imperialism in Africa was economic issues. Africa had an abundance of materials that they did not know how to use, in other words Africa’s leaders only knew how to take out its natural resources and sell it. They did not know how to price it properly. Europeans took advantage of that and Africa's economy began to crumble after independence. There were also many cultural issues in Africa. Before invasions, Africa had its own culture. It had its own identity. After invasions, their identity changed. They now had a mix of European and African cultures and a lot other cultures too. This included religion. Christianity was brought over by the Europeans so many Africans adapted to it forcefully and stuck with it. They even now lost their own religions that they used to believe. Now Africa has to re-embark to find their identity again. 

Analysis 

I almost completely agree with this article. It shows almost all the effects on Africa from imperialism and has a splendid amount of detail, but I think it should focus a bit more on how Africa’s technology has advanced and it should show a bit more on government issues in Africa. I also sort of feel that some topic were repeated, so maybe the author should just merge those topics together and expand on it. 

Questions 

How about you? Which issue do you think has the most impact on Africa today?