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Originally Posted by tt01
So what do they do when they have to have a picture ID eg. driver's license.
I saw this girl in nikaab at uni. and it was weird. I wonder what she does when she has to go to the admissions office, cuz they require a picture id for everything.
Do they have to take of their nikaab at the airport?
Even in Pakistan, don't you have to show your full face for a picture id or other matters?
I think a nikaab is a little too excessive, especially if you live in the west. What do you think?
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We're living in Canada and my wife wears niqaab whenever she goes out. Several of my friends' wives do the same thing. While I was going to university, I also used to see women who wore niqaab. We also know several families who either live or lived in the US, and whose women also wear niqaab when they go out.
As someone already mentioned, when they need to show their face for identification purposes, they do it. As far as others having a problem with it, well I've only met a handful of people who've actually said anything. And usually when they do choose to say something about it, it's to the man accompanying the woman. I've usually dealt with it by either ignoring them, screaming back at them or laughing and walking away from them. It doesn't make uncomfortable in the least to accompany my wife going anywhere while she wears niqaab.
Sometimes my wife has been questioned about it by other women and when she explained it to them, they seemed content with her explanation and appreciated why she does it. Some have gone as far as to give her preferential treatment for it.
Here most people don't mind what anybody else does. Alhamdulillah, Allah has made it easy for us.