Meet the Niqab Squad, the face-covering fan club

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated November 24 2017 - 10:03pm, first published 10:00pm
Niqab Squad Community member who was wearing a burqa, chatted during a meeting at the home of one of the founders of the Niqab Squad community in Cibubur, West Java, Indonesia, on September 12, 2017. Niqab Squad Community member who was wearing a burqa, chatted during a meeting at the home of one of the founders of the Niqab Squad community in Cibubur, West Java, Indonesia, on September 12, 2017. Credit- Jefri Tarigan
Niqab Squad Community member who was wearing a burqa, chatted during a meeting at the home of one of the founders of the Niqab Squad community in Cibubur, West Java, Indonesia, on September 12, 2017. Niqab Squad Community member who was wearing a burqa, chatted during a meeting at the home of one of the founders of the Niqab Squad community in Cibubur, West Java, Indonesia, on September 12, 2017. Credit- Jefri Tarigan
Niqab Squad Community member who was wearing a burqa, chatted during a meeting at the home of one of the founders of the Niqab Squad community in Cibubur, West Java, Indonesia, on September 12, 2017. Niqab Squad Community member who was wearing a burqa, chatted during a meeting at the home of one of the founders of the Niqab Squad community in Cibubur, West Java, Indonesia, on September 12, 2017. Credit- Jefri Tarigan
Niqab Squad Community member who was wearing a burqa, chatted during a meeting at the home of one of the founders of the Niqab Squad community in Cibubur, West Java, Indonesia, on September 12, 2017. Niqab Squad Community member who was wearing a burqa, chatted during a meeting at the home of one of the founders of the Niqab Squad community in Cibubur, West Java, Indonesia, on September 12, 2017. Credit- Jefri Tarigan
Indonesia correspondent Jewel Topsfield tries on a niqab in September, 2017, as part of the "Niqab Challenge" - an attempt by Indonesian Niqabis to de-stigmatise the wearing of the full face veil.??
Indonesia correspondent Jewel Topsfield tries on a niqab in September, 2017, as part of the "Niqab Challenge" - an attempt by Indonesian Niqabis to de-stigmatise the wearing of the full face veil.??

Bogor, Indonesia: A bevy of black-robed niqabis are giggling girlishly as they glide around me, adjusting my abaya, a loose garment that covers me from head to foot.

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