Just in case if you think that
Muslims are the only one who
wears Burqa. Here is Haredi
burka Jewish sect that observe
more stricter Veil than Muslims.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women
have always felt proud wearing
modest dresses.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women
proudly dress modestly in order
not to attract attention of men
who are not their husband.
Now, in some ultra-Orthodox
Jewish sects, women have gone
to a new level of modesty by
covering their whole body and
face.
According to Wikipedia the sect
is called “Haredi burka sect” or
"Taliban mothers". Many of these
families dress their young girls
of all ages with the same full
dress garb, except for the face
veil. This modest ultra-Orthodox
Jewish sect, is concentrated
mainly in Israel, in which ultra-
Orthodox Jewish women feel
that modesty requires covering
their entire body burqa-style,
including a veil that covers the
face.
The garment, which is more like
a burka niqab, is also called
frumka, a play on the word frum
(Yiddish for the devotee) and the
burka. This ultra-Orthodox
Jewish sect, is estimated to have
started out with about 100
women in 2008, and grew to
several hundred in 2011. To
date, there are about 30,000
women who wear shawls,
according to Rabbi David Benizri.
The group mainly resides in the
city of Beit Shemesh.
“This dress code was adopted
due to concerns about the state
of deterioration of modesty in
the ultra-Orthodox Jewish
community," Rabbi Benizri said.
“The rabbi explained to us the
benefits of Jewish women
dressing modestly. We leave our
body for our husbands and we
don’t want to share our bodies
with others,” Saari Rothberg, 22,
who proudly wears the Jewish
burqa in Beit Shemesh, Israel
told YourJewishNews. com.
What is a burqa? A burqa is
usually associated with the dress
code of Muslim women, but the
word burqa simply refers to
the face-veil portion, which is
usually a rectangular piece of
semi-transparen t cloth whose
top is sewn to the
corresponding part of the
headscarf."
http:// www.yourjewishne
ws.com/2013/04/ jv1661.html

Since it is Jewish, I am moving this to the Religion section.