The 31st verse of the 24th chapter of the Qur'an mentions the word khimar, which unequivocally means a veil covering the head, according to the agreed upon definition by the majority of classical commentators.    From Wordnik.com.  [altmuslim] Reference

The khimar is a long, cape-like veil that hangs down to just above the waist.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

The three women -- a nurse, an intake specialist and a correctional officer -- sought an exception to a 2005 policy, arguing they had worn a head covering known as a khimar before the new dress code was instituted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Appeals Court Sides With Prison In Headscarf Case] Reference

Beshier was a corrections officer, and had been forbidden to wear her khimar, or headscarf, while working.    From Wordnik.com.  [Post-American Presidency] Reference

At night she takes off her khimar, revealing hair that is black and tightly curled and very short, like Musa's.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Under the circumstances, it would clearly cause the City an undue hardship if it had to allow plaintiff to wear a khimar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

Most of the Muslims of Aella follow the customs of hijab, to a degree: they wear the khimar in public, and some wear the abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

At first they resisted – like when I started to wear the khimar (scarf) and jilbab (coat) – but now my mum irons them for me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Preaching from the converted] Reference

The Philadelphia police department argues that the khimar violates its uniform requirements and could interfere with job performance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Appeal Filed By Muslim Police Officer Seeking To Wear Khimar] Reference

At left, a group of girls wearing the khimar, a more conservative form of the hijab, enjoyed the sunshine and Mediterranean Sea along the waterfront in Alexandria.    From Wordnik.com.  [Egypt's 'Brothers' Hit Bump] Reference

LEXIS 11762 (ED PA, Feb. 20, 2007), a Muslim woman police officer brought four discrimination charges against the Philadelphia police department after it refused to allow her to wear khimar (Muslim head covering).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

When she refused to comply, the Essex County Department of Corrections DOC first suspended and then fired her—the khimar was not part of the uniform, and corrections officers were expected to conform to uniform policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Post-American Presidency] Reference

City of Philadelphia, a case in which a Pennsylvania federal district court rejected a Title VII religious discrimination claim brought by a Muslim police officer who wanted to cover her head for religious reasons with a khimar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Appeal Filed By Muslim Police Officer Seeking To Wear Khimar] Reference

The khimar had been "standing" for two days until a mufti lifted it.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

The commentators (mufasiroon) further comment by stating that the noun khimar.    From Wordnik.com.  [altmuslim] Reference

When she was about to reach for the khimar, it suddenly rose and "stood" still.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

A religious affairs department official lifts the khimar and finds nothing inside.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

The headscarf (a khimar or hijaab) is a traditional headcovering worn by Muslim women.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference

Just require all the strippers to wear a veil of epanokamelavkion, hijab, khimar, niq?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

Those who were there were astonished when he lifted the khimar and revealed nothing inside.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

He then put the khimar back on the ground and it lied there still without "standing up" again.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

School and police uniforms now feature matching headscarves (khimar) for those who wish to wear them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference

The 'standing' khimar is about a foot high with a rounded top that looks like a child covered with khimar.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

When it happened, she was preparing for prayer in the living room with her khimar lying flat on the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

It claims Beshier was first suspended and then fired by the county for wearing a khimar, or Muslim head scarf.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Webb said she intended to wear the lower portion of the khimar tucked inside her police shirt and to wear her police hat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Law.com - Newswire] Reference

It was observed that the "standing" khimar was about a foot high with a rounded top that looked like a child covered with khimar.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

The Essex County Department of Corrections initially suspended Beshier for wearing her head scarf, or khimar, according to the suit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?)] Reference

At about 12pm Thursday, a mufti explained the situation to the woman before lifting the khimar in front of a few religious officials and reporters.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

Hebah, who is 32, and Sarah, 28, do wear religious attire, but of the Islamic sort: a loose outer garment called a jilbab; a khimar, a head covering that drapes to the fingertips; and.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Webb filed a complaint of religious discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and, while her complaint was pending, decided to "take a stand" by appearing for work wearing a khimar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Law.com - Newswire] Reference

Webb believes her headscarf, or khimar-the most distinctive, symbolic and controversial part of the Islamic dress code for women (known as hijab) - is too important to her beliefs to remove during her shifts as a patrol officer.    From Wordnik.com.  [www.philadelphiaweekly.com Philadelphia Weekly] Reference

PORT DICKSON, Negeri Sembilan: When she was getting prepared for prayer, her white khimar (long, cape-like veil that hangs down to just above the waist), which was initially lying flat on the ground, suddenly rose and "stood" still.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

"Since 2003 Webb has been a source of conflict in the police department, having been found guilty of insubordination and neglect of duty, because of her refusal to stop wearing the khimar.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Nothing was found inside the khimar.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Sinchew -] Reference

2-year-old son, Saulih, while struggling to hold her khimar and niqab in place.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

1964 when it refused to allow Beshier to wear a khimar, a religiously mandated headscarf, while working.    From Wordnik.com. Reference