The veil/head cover in monotheistic religions

[Mary]

Up until the 1960s it was common if not universal practice for women to wear some kind of headcovering at least in church - whether Orthodox, Catholic, or Protestant. That practice has mostly changed. But in any case it was quite different from Islamic hijab.

How was the headscarf different from the hijab do you mean?

[Mary]

You sound quite orthodox and conservative in your approach to religious manners, which I will respect, although I find it a bit backwards. The problem with the orthodox and conservative types today is that they find they are special, because they are so traditional, which leads to all kinds of pretensiousness and self-righteousness.

Self-righteousness is a Protestant issue. "OMG you think you're better than me!". Not everyone is that way.

[Aivap]

You're a troll.

1-the women in the photos are not obliged to wear the veil, on the contrary in most of muslim countries i'ts an imposition.
2-in Europe there are traditional dresses with the veil and they were used to protect the heads of the women by the sun or the rain, not for crazy religious duties.
3-In catholic churches is not a habit wearing veil, it happens only among the Orthodoxes, who are generally backward and more conservative than Chatolics and Protestants.

[Mortimer]

How was the headscarf different from the hijab do you mean?

@Mary interesting what you wear in your avatar but i think i see a little cross on it attached? Is it a nun wear?

[Odoacer]

yes i think it was different too. also it was never common to wear the burqa.

In fact I have never seen any historical representation showing Christian women wearing full face coverings. Most of the time the head covering would cover the top, sides, & back of the head - sometimes all of the hair & the full neck at a maximum (as in a nun's habit). The burqa or niqab was never in use amongst Christians, except maybe in Islamic areas.

[Corvus]

You're a troll.

1-the women in the photos are not obliged to wear the veil, on the contrary in most of muslim countries i'ts an imposition.
2-in Europe there are traditional dresses with the veil and they were used to protect the heads of the women by the sun or the rain, not for crazy religious duties.
3-In catholic churches is not a habit wearing veil, it happens only among the Orthodoxes, who are generally backward and more conservative than Chatolics and Protestants.
4-

I remember my great grandmother always wear a veil during summer.
She always told me it`s a protection against the sun and insects.

[Mary]

@Mary interesting what you wear in your avatar but i think i see a little cross on it attached? Is it a nun wear?

I do have a small cross on it, it's just to underline that I'm Christian. It's not nun attire.

[Mortimer]

I do have a small cross on it, it's just to underline that I'm Christian. It's not nun attire.

I see, i would have been surprised if it were a kind of it. I never saw a nun who looks like this.

[Mary]

In fact I have never seen any historical representation showing Christian women wearing full face coverings. Most of the time the head covering would cover the top, sides, & back of the head - sometimes all of the hair & the full neck at a maximum (as in a nun's habit). The burqa or niqab was never in use amongst Christians, except maybe in Islamic areas.

European women wore the burqa and the niqab long before Islam existed.

[Mary]

I see, i would have been surprised if it were a kind of it. I never saw a nun who looks like this.

Nuns and regular women are totally different. You can't compare the two.