Brown PunditsA Deccani miniature of a dancing girl tying her hair, Golconda, about 1700

The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

Táhirih

  • The Veil We Will Not Wear

    A Bahá’í response to the ‘saffron and crescent’ post, arguing that the Bahá’í position is a distinct civilisational stance that begins with Táhirih unveiling at Badasht in 1848, and that…

    X.T.M13 May 202646 comments
  • Hijab: Between Revelation and Regulation

    The author argues that the Qur’an never commands a garment called hijab, using the word for a barrier or curtain, and that it offers a theology of modesty, not a…

    X.T.M10 October 202568 comments
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