Taqiyah (cap)

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The Taqiyah (

Muslim men.[1] In the United States and the United Kingdom, it is also referred to as a "kufi",[2][3][4][5] although the Kufi typically has more of an African connotation. Aside from being an adornment, the taqiyah has deeply ingrained significance in Islamic culture, reflecting the wearer's faith, devotion, and sometimes regional identity. While the taqiyah is deeply rooted in Muslim traditions, its use varies based on cultural context rather than strict religious guidelines.[6]

In

Sunni
Muslims.

Etymology

Taqiyah is the

paijama. In the United States and Britain
, many Muslim merchants sell the prayer cap under the name kufi. Sephardic Jews adopted the bukharan from the kufi.

Muslim world

There are a wide variety of Muslim caps worn around the world. Each country or region usually has a unique head covering.

Countries and Regions

Afghanistan

In Afghanistan men wear all sorts of "araqchins" with different designs depending on their ethnicity, village and affiliations. They often wrap a turban around it, which is most of the time white, but black and other colors are also widely seen. They wear their araqchins with a "Peran Tomban" or "Perahan wa Tonban" which means shirt and trouser in the Persian of Afghanistan, which corresponds to a different version of the Shalwar Kameez, it is more archaic, which is probably the origin of the Shalwar Kameez. It is collarless, and traditionally the shirt and the trouser is wider than the Shalwar Kameez. Traditionally the shirts spots golden embroidery or specific embroidery. But due to war, the traditional Peran Tomban is less and less used, and the Shalwar Kameez with a collar is becoming more and more used, specially by Eastern Afghans, and people coming from poor backgrounds.

Maldives

The prayer cap is called thakiha. The cap is known as the thofi and the fishermen cap is referred to as koari.

Bangladesh

Traditional 4 types of "Topi" in Bangladesh

The prayer cap in Bangladesh is known as a "ṭopi" from the

Arabic term "طاقية". Topis made in Comilla and Nilphamari
are exported to the Middle East.

The Indian Topi worn by Muslim men in Bangaldesh and South Asia should not be confused for the Dhaka Topi , which is worn by men in Nepal.

Muslim Southeast Asia/Malay Realm

Songkok, kopiah or peci has been traditionally worn by Muslim men in Southeast Asia, as shown here during prayer.

In

Brunei Darussalam also wear the songkok. The Indonesians also produce a machine knitted skullcap that is popular with Muslims. Javanese people wear the sarong
with their caps. In Sundanese, the skullcap is called a kupluk.

Traditional Malaysian men's attire consists of a shirt, matching pants, and waist wrap that is called a

Dewan Undangan Negeri
, is not necessarily a Muslim. This is because non-Muslims are required to wear one to comply with the dressing code of the assembly. Taqiyah is known as kopiah in Malaysia.

Pakistan

A man wearing a crochet taqiyah and kurta in India

The prayer cap is called a topi, see Indian Topi. Pakistani men wear a variety of other caps including the Sindhi topi, a mirrored cap with a front opening that allows the wearer to place the forehead on the ground during prayer, see Sindhi cap. Other caps include the Karakul (hat), Fez (hat) and Pakol.

Russia

Muslim men wear the

papakhi, see Islam in Russia. A Russian diplomat hat, which is a boat shaped cossack hat, is also worn. Nikita Khrushchev
is said to have popularized it.

Somalia

A Somali cleric wearing a taqiyah.

Men in Somalia often wear the koofiyad cotton prayer cap, along with a sarong referred to as a macawiis. The jalabiya is also sometimes worn.[8]

Sudan

The prayer cap is worn under a white

thobe
.

Turkey

Before 1925, men used to wear the

tuxedo for weddings. Additionally, Dervishes
have a unique costume.

Turkmenistan

Turkmen tahýa for girls

In Turkmenistan taqiyahs are called tahýa in the Turkmen language and are a Turkmen national headdress (skullcap) with embroidered national patterns. Tahýa is an indispensable item of the national male garment, often worn on daily basis, along with another traditional headgear - telpek (Turkmen sheepskin hat).[9]

In ancient times, Turkmens believed that tahýa protects the owner from the evil eye, evil, trouble, etc. Also, according to the customs, it was believed that it was impossible to transfer an old tahýa to another person or throw it away. In everyday life, tahýa was intended to protect the head from the sun. Tahýa shapes can be oval, round, high and low. They are sewn from different fabrics such as velvet, silk, satin and chintz. If the tahýas of the girls were decorated with different colorful patterns, then the men's tahýa was restrained and simple in patterns. Men put the tahýa on their shaved heads. The girls wore soft tahya decorated with multi-colored patterns.

United Arab Emirates

Men in the UAE often wear the Gahfiyyah cotton prayer cap. Emirati men wear the white Ghutra on top of a Gahfiyyah Cap with a white thobe called a Kandoura or Kandoora. In an effort to strengthen religious awareness for foreign visitors, Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Makthoum the crown prince of Dubai has, from 2012 onwards, requested that all visiting westerners and non-Muslims adhere to Islamic dress code during religious festivals. If full adherence is impossible a simple Gahfiyyah worn during prayers will suffice.

Regions

Central Asia

A Tajik guitar player wearing a rug cap
An Uyghur girl wearing a taqiyah.
A 2010 Russian postage stamp depicting a Tatar woman wearing a taqiyah.

The

Bahauddin Naqshband
was from Uzbekistan and it is seen as a friendlier alternative to the austere solid black and white of some Muslims.

Balkans

The

tuxedo
is worn.

Albanians wear the Qeleshe, a type of Fez hat.

Africa

The

galabeya
is worn.

In East Africa, the kofia is commonly worn in the Muslim communities in the coastal areas of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Some Swahili speaking populations that are Muslim wear the kofia with a white robe called a kanzu in the Swahili language. In the United States, the kanzu is sold as an Omani thobe, Emirati thobe, or Yemeni dishdasha. A white kanzu and suit jacket or blazer is the formal wear of Swahili peoples.

In West Africa, there is the

tagelmust turban, which is worn with the grand boubou for all official functions, weddings, and Islamic celebrations. Another West African robe is called a Senegalese kaftan which is similar to an Arabic thobe, but with a different tailored cut, and the kufi or fez is often worn with it. As in Morocco, the gandora and djellaba
is also worn by West African men, especially in domestic settings or for in-home prayers.

The traditional women's attire is the wrapper, with hijab (worn as a turban or turban with additional scarf covering the sides of the head.

See also

Notes

Explanatory notes

  1. ALA-LC: "ṭopī", Bengali: টুপি, ṭupi, Somali
    : "Koofi")

Citations

  1. PMID 37868539
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  2. ISBN 978-1-60938-535-4
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  3. ^ Osbourne, Eileen (2005). RE - Buildings, Places, and Artefacts A Teacher Book + Student Book (SEN) (11-14). Folens Limited.
  4. ISBN 978-1-3984-5078-3
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  5. ISBN 978-1-4473-6361-3
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  6. PMID 37868539
    .
  7. ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZrD2EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT155&dq=taqiyah+cap+arabs&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYp43Ex6yFAxXsUUEAHceTB0g4ChDoAXoECAgQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false
  8. ^ Michigan State University. Northeast African Studies Committee, Northeast African Studies, Volume 8, (African Studies Center, Michigan State University: 2001), p.66.
  9. ^ Wood, Andrew (2021). A Rhetoric of Ruins: Exploring Landscapes of Abandoned Modernity. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 158.

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