Qāsim Amīn (1863-1908), author of a famous 1899 treatise on the „liberation of the woman‟ (tahrīr al-marʾa) argues that the issue of seduction which is so prevalent in the Islamic culture doesn’t emanate from the woman’s body but from the way she walks. Against this backdrop, Amīn reaches the astonishing conclusion that both the niqāb and Read More
