Interesting share sis جوري, I didn't know women of other religions wore niqaab.
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How do you feel about non-Muslims wearing hijab or niqab? Do you think it's a good thing or not?
The more modesty the better. It's not really a novelty, the portrayals of the noble virgin Mary (peace be upon her) all show her with her head covered, nuns cover their heads, so do Muslims and orthodox Jews. Even in Britain in the last century, the women would have heads covered and clothing up to the feet. Women covering was standard practice. In general, the more modesty in clothing in society, the better. Neither society nor the individuals concerned have anything to lose by that. True we may mistake them for Muslims, but that could lead to some quite interesting conversations.
Some Jews follow practices quite close to Islam, e.g. fasting Mondays and Thursdays etc. If they cover themselves, men have beards, they follow other rules, if they accept that there's One God without associate in his Divinity, all that remains for them to become Muslims is to accept all the prophets including Jesus (peace be upon him) as a messenger of God, and Muhammad :saws: as the last and final messenger of God, and the Qur'an as the book to now be followed which confirms what came before it. I pray that they can make that leap of faith, which isn't as big as it seems.