Source : OnIslam / 01 Mar 2014

Non-Muslim students at New York’s Union College have participated in the second annual hijab for a day, sharing the experience of Muslim women donning the Islamic headscarf.

''I had a few people that I am friends with ask me about the hijab,'' Julie Fishman '16, who participated in Hijab for a Day, told Concordiensis, the students' newspaper of Union College, reported on Thursday, February 27.

By Ilene Prusher | Correspondent | 04 Sept 2012

The roots of "World Hijab Day" were planted on this day in 2002, marking the day that France banned the wearing of the headscarf in schools. Ten years later, the presence of the veil in public life remains a lighting rod issue, from Europe to the Middle East to Asia.