Talk:Kufi

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i too am a kufi snatcher and snatchee. i am offended by your brazen and disrespectful denial of my pasttime and move that kufi snatching be immediately returned to the resource.

[edit] Kufi smacking

Clearly any material introduced that is as controversial as this must have support from a third party source, preferably discussed here on the talk page first. - brenneman ^{L} 08:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad you deleted it. As a Muslim, I think smacking somebody's kufi off is horribly rude. But I do think that, if it even exists, kufi-smacking should have some mention, since Wikipedia is intended as an online repository of all knowledge. There should also be some more information about the 'proper' uses of the Kufi as well (Islamic use and use in 'African-American popular culture'), since this article is little more than a stub. 217.17.112.93 12:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

What about some pictures?

Kufyah, iqal, hatta, shmagh are all synonyms of kufi. It is the head cover Middle-eastern men traditionally wore, especially in agricultural communities. There is absolutely no relation between Islam and kufi. Nowhere in the Quran or in Mohammed's teachings is it mentioned that men need to cover their heads. Due to the extreme heat and sun exposure, it would be a wise idea to cover the head. That applies world wide. In the desert however, the temperature fluctuation through the day and night give one a good reason to use a big cloth to cover the head by during the day, and a thin blanket to cover the whole head and face during sleep. It also comes in handy when dust storms show up out of nowhere. Muslim men's dress code is to cover the area below the navel (belly button) and above the knees. Nowadays, you hardly ever see anyone wearing the kufi in metropolitan and urban areas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ritalinboy (talk • contribs) 01:57, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with Kufi

Agree merge with Kufi Robert C Prenic (talk) 14:48, 1 May 2008 (UTC)