THERE is no Muslim women without jilbaab in Patani. Jilbaab is a kind of veil covered the head of Muslimah. This probably fits the spirit of these Muslim showed in the base region in South Thailand. At each corner of the street, we will meet many Muslim women wearing headscarves and even veils.
“The whole Muslim women wearing headscarves in Pattani, if women are not veiled, she is certainly Buddhists!” said Zakariya, a Human Rights Activist, to Islampos in Patani.
Although the stigma of Islam as terrorists waged, Patani Muslim women never remove the veil abstinence. In any event, the veil becomes an integral part for them.
“Hijab is the Islamic teachings. And Malays are Muslim. If there Malays does not wear the hijab, then she is not the Malays,” said Zakariya who had received eight stabs from the Thai army.
Even in the search to Mahad Al Bithath Ad-Diniyah, Islampos find the ocean veil of students. Mahad indeed requires every women students to wear the hijab to cover the width of the chest.
“This is shariah clothing for Muslim women,” said the lecturer, Abdullah, in Mahad which accommodate the 6,000 students.
So, if you want to see an ocean of jilbaab, come to Patani. []
