THE TRUE MEANING OF HIJAB IN ISLAM A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD HIJAB DAY BY: MOHAMMAD ABUBAKAR SUMAWORO Director of Islamic Talks Series IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL It is so amazing today that a good percentage of the Muslim women and some non Muslims of the twenty first century have developed tremendous love for the hijab. All over the world today, you see young and old Muslim women advertising hijab on the local and social media and even in the news papers. The momentum of hijab keeps growing day to day all over the globe; The Muslim women are emotional and proud of the hijab. Meanwhile, it is also so sad and frustrating that the more hijab becomes popular, the more it loses its real identity and application. If you compare between the hijab of this century and the hijab of the past century(s), you will find a very big gap between the ways hijab had been wore and how differently it has become today. Som...