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Allah has guarded." Koran 4:34.
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The important point that should be made is that the religion of Islam has
great respect for the woman. It does not teach that she is without a soul
or that she is the root of all evil, neither does it define a woman as being
inferior and must be kept in seclusion and subjugation.
We are often asked why Muslim women wear black and are completely
veiled. This practice is nationalistic and not from Islam. The attire of a
Muslim woman is that of modesty, where her figure is not apparent to
outsiders, not of veiling, however a scarf is a necessity. In this day and age
in particular where rape is a common occurrence in the west she finds
modest clothing to be a protection from unwarranted advances by the
opposite sex. Also, modest clothing has recently been advocated by
cancer physicians as a form of protection against the sun‟s harmful rays
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The important point that should be made is that the religion of Islam has
great respect for the woman. It does not teach that she is without a soul
or that she is the root of all evil, neither does it define a woman as being
inferior and must be kept in seclusion and subjugation.
We are often asked why Muslim women wear black and are completely
veiled. This practice is nationalistic and not from Islam. The attire of a
Muslim woman is that of modesty, where her figure is not apparent to
outsiders, not of veiling, however a scarf is a necessity. In this day and age
in particular where rape is a common occurrence in the west she finds
modest clothing to be a protection from unwarranted advances by the
opposite sex. Also, modest clothing has recently been advocated by
cancer physicians as a form of protection against the sun‟s harmful rays