Quote:here are also two Biblical references to the employment of covering face veils in Genesis 38.14 and Genesis 24.65, by Tamar and by Rebekah, Jacob and Abraham's daughters-in-law respectively.[7][8][9] These primary sources show that some women in Egypt, Arabia, Canaan and Persia veiled their faces long before Islam. In the case of Tamar, the Biblical text, 'When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face' indicates customary, if not sacral, use of the face veil to accentuate rather than disguise her sexuality.[10]
Niqab in Islam.
and btw. According to the bible, if a woman doesn't wear a veil, her hair should be shaved. Though for Christians, these sentences became such a pain so they stopped practicing it, and ignored these biblical verses instead.
Also, niqab was well known between the pagans of Arabia. Actually, slaves girls didn't wear it, while free women covered their faces.
