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Islamic feminist views on dress codes

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
We chose this article because we are both studying Middle-Eastern Studies and we wanted to evaluate an article that is in this field of study.

Evaluate the article
The title of this Wikipedia article is "Islamic feminists views on dress codes". The author immediately begins writing about different views. How one Islamic feminists is for the ban on Hijabis and the other is against it and sees wearing a hijab as an expression of freedom. These opinions are relevant although the author cites a lot of these opinions which doesn't make it look like a trustworthy article.

Nothing in the article was out of date. Although a lot could have been added. Instead of just citing two different opinions and calling that Islamic feminists views, the author could rather have written about multiple views of Islamic feminists and go deeper into the subject. It's all a bit plain at this very moment.

There aren't any equity gaps, although the author could have payed some more attention to why both sides have the opinion they have instead of just citing them.

The article appears to be neutral. The author doesn't make claims but only cites a paraphrases them. However, the author should cite less and, as we mentioned before, tell more about why the feminists have the opinions they have. It doesn't seem like opinions are overrepresented or underrepresented. The author mentions both sides of how the feminists look at the hijab.

The references are neutral sources and the links work. There is only one reference, the eighth reference, where there is no link. This is a sign that the author wasn't paying attention and didn't check after he put in the references. However the author did use nine sources for a relatively small text which shows us that the author did some research before writing the article.