Norway capital sees rising number of women in niqabs
by Linn Schjerven and Michael Sandelson
Foreigner
https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/41348/norway-capital-sees-rising-number-of-women-in
Excerpt:
Muslim women clad in a niqab are becoming an increasingly common sight in the streets of Oslo, reports say.
The trend of wearing the religious garment, a black veil that covers a woman head to toe, has apparently developed rapidly over the past two years.
"Yes, the niqab is popular," Kari Vogt, a historian on religion and Islam, confirmed to Aftenposten, Thursday.
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