Just a couple of months before Italy\u2019s most populist government of recent years came to power, a very different kind of enterprise began in Bologna, a city known for its gourmet culture and historic university. Hijab Paradise is the brainchild of the \u00adMoroccan-born Italian Keltoum Kamal Idrissi and her best friend FatihaMouradi.<\/p>\n
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Just a couple of months before Italy\u2019s most populist government of recent years came to power, a very different kind of enterprise began in Bologna, a city known for its gourmet culture and historic university. Hijab Paradise is the brainchild of the \u00adMoroccan-born Italian Keltoum Kamal Idrissi and her best friend FatihaMouradi.<\/p>\n
Idrissi opened the first shop of its kind \u2013 a \u201cmodest fashion\u201d haven where women who want to dress appropriately can find everything they need, from head to toe. Literally, starting with their hijab.<\/p>\n
In Italy, there are currently about three million Muslims, making up just under 5 per cent of the total population.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When asked about the veil, and why she used it in the name of her shop, Idrissi says that for her, personally, the hijab \u201cwas the goal, the objective\u201d. She began wearing it seven years ago. \u201cI learnt that faith is made of steps, and so the higher you go on those steps, the closer you get to wanting to manifest it.\u201d She sees the veil as a symbol that \u201cidentifies me as a Muslim\u201d.<\/p>\n
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