The Islamic Dress Code: The Hypocrisy of Applying Only One Set of Rules
Hairy Male Thighs Free for All to See, Evil Tempting Strands of Female Hair Coerced Into Hiding: The Ultimate Proof of How Patriarchal Muslim Societies Oppress Women
NOTE: Before getting accused of being all kinds of vile things, let me clearly state that I do not think less of any woman who wears the hijab. What’s inside a woman’s head matters way more than what’s on top of it. In addition to that, the majority of my female relatives wear the hijab.
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I’m not an advocate of the hijab. I’m not an advocate of harsh secular laws that ban religious garments and symbols either. A Muslim woman should be free to choose whether she wants to cover her hair or not. Sadly, in various Muslim countries that’s not the case, thanks to genius Islamic scholars and brainwashed hijabi Muslim women who parrot the former’s lines.
Common Islamic logic in such societies says that Muslim women must follow the strict Islamic female dress code.
When leaving the home, a Muslim woman must at least cover her hair and body in loose and unrevealing clothing, obscuring the details of her body from the public; some also choose to cover their face and hands. The wisdom behind this dress code is to minimize sexual enticement and degradation in society as much as possible for both men and women.
If they don’t do so in countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and previously even Sudan, they get harassed and intimidated. Wonderful, I know. However when it comes to men, the Islamic male dress code flies out of the window.
A man must always be covered in loose and unrevealing clothing from his navel to his knee. This is the absolute minimum covering required. He must never, for example, go out in public wearing a short bathing suit.
Behold! I present to you last World Cup’s Iranian football team.
Let’s dance and celebrate the double standards! But before we do that, please allow his Excellency Mufti Drima, the Sudanese Thinker to issue a Fatwa which all Muslims must blindly follow if they want to avoid eternal pain in the fires of hell.
It’s the moral duty of Ahmadinejad to punish the Iranian football team for revealing their hairy thighs and knees. The same goes for the House of Al Saud and other genius, wise, hijab advocating Islamic scholars. Moreover, since rape crimes are on the rise, female “moving black tents” (also known as ninjas) must not be allowed to walk in public. The way they move even when fully covered is still too tempting. From now on they’ll be transported inside boxes. Little eleven year old girls might have the same fate too. While we’re at it, let’s also reform Sharia laws so that boys as young as 7 will be forced to wear their own ninja costumes since many pedophiles are finding it difficult to control their extreme urges.
End of Fatwa.
Please spread the word or else Satan will bite you in your sleep tonight.
You may dance now.
(Cross-posted from The Sudanese Thinker)
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Wow. What a rant! Good stuff. Frankly I get a little upset when I see girls wearing skimpy outfits in the club or somewhere else. I get upset not by the decision of the girl, but by our general condition as human beings.
Animals display physical features and perform odd rituals to attract a mate. If a girls go out like that, I think there is also a sub-conscious factor at work that turns on the same kind of switch. Are we as men simply to ignore this? I think it is physiologically impossible. We are wired to respond, i.e. look. Same goes for men who work out in the gym too much or whatever.
I can understand the foundation for the argument for enforcing the hijab. But, clearly it has gone too far. It seems to me that these laws or fatwas are simply a measure put in place by the same sexually repressed men to continue the cycle of not trusting self control.
Anyway…Im sure someone else can speak from an Islamic point of view and highlight the more enlightened reasons for the hijab.
Anyone can wear whatever they want. However, when I see a woman in a Berqa, I assume 1) she is oppressed, or 2) she is misled into believing something that is not accurate about how she must conduct herself in Islam. (Wearing a Berqa is not mandatory, as is claimed by some, in Islam).
A Hijab is innocent but also not mandatory wear for Muslim women in terms of Islam, but IS imposed by male society on them — although they may claim they voluntarily wear the Hijab.
I often her people who defend the Hijab claim that why is it wrong for women to wear a Hijab but not Catholic Nuns? The comparison is not equal. Nuns are specific representatives of the Catholic Church, women wearing a hijab are not, but rather followers of a religion. Two different stories.
Still, if a woman wants to wear a Berqa, I wonder if she really has a choice. And, if a woman wears a Hijab and wants to make a political statement, too, that’s fine.
When in Rome, as they say. Western women do “cover” when they are in Saudi Arabia. No one complains. Why not reveal your face when taking driver’s license photographs in the US? Why is there a different standard?
Just some thoughts on an important topic
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Everybody has a right to choose what they would like to wear so if a Muslim woman would like to wear a hijab she has a right to do so
Well.. in my country, it doesn’t stop there! if a woman covers her hair using Hijab, the next step would be covering her face, then putting the Abaya on her head. It doesn’t stop there.. the next step is putting on thick black socks and gloves! skin is soo seductive where I come from!
you would think.. it must stop here! but NOOOO.. her voice is seductive too! I have actually witnessed women whispering to their husbands in public then the male guardian would translate what she mumbled to the waiter/ salesman..etc!
SOME women are either brain washed or forced in to being submissive by the so called superior man.. Islam is used to reach this goal..
I have spent literally hours trying to find a link that states the imporatance of men’s dress code and have found none. Nil. Zero. As a Muslim woman, I think it’s disgraceful. I know my religion practises fairness and justice for all and yet my own community can’t even be arsed to stress the importance of rules specifically made for the brothers. No wonder we’ve got a bunch of rapists, molestors and wife beaters running wild in the religion. What are we teaching our brothers? Nothing! I’ve downloaded pages and pages of aurat coverings and they are all dedicated to how pretty that handbag looks with that pink headscarf. Not that it applies to me becuase if we can be loose with the men’s hijab and coverings, then I can wear my miniskirt. Hint for the brothers! Buck up or us nasty and disobidient sisters will start running astray. Why not start by writing a few accessible pages on the net about how haram it is to go chasing after a stupid ball in kinky little shorts showing off sexy thighs and making babies here there eveyrwhere only to find out you cant support any of them? Until you brothers get your act together, I aint listening to any of you! Not even when you cry Hell and Satan.
I would also be inetrested to read about hijab for men
So what about the ‘lebian chic’ for lack of a better term-ie loose fitting jeans, flannel long sleeved shirt and short sometimes spiky hair and no make up altho some ‘straight females’ have adopted it because they don’t wanna buy into the so called ‘western fashion fads’ but then again they don’t wanna to the ‘muslim dress’ either. Would it be acceptable mind you it’s not imitating ‘male dress’ but de sexualizing clothing and garments on humans in general.
Feel free to ignore me since I have no personal experience to base an opinion on, but here’s “my two cents:”
Repressing sexuality in this life while promising unlimited whoopie in paradise is a method of controlling the men, motivating them to be obedient to those who hold the keys to heaven.
I am a muslim girl wearing the hijab n i love wearing my hijab we if the majority of us are not complaining then why shud ne1 else be.
All girls who choose wear one are idiots. I come from a city where they virtually dont exist and i love it! Dont care if that’s politically inccorect, the whole concept freaks me out!
Ste
Liverpool
u have no idea of how ignorant u sound i feel for u dude
what i am saying may seem ignorant. I am not a racist, I just dont think the hejab is apparopriate in Britain. It is not a requirement of Islam, in fact it pre-dates islam. It originates from men opressing women which ever way you dress it up (no pun intended).
If a British girl chose to walk round a muslim country in fashionable clothes (i dont even mean slutty) she would be persecuted. Muslim countries, such as iran, are seeing so much hardship these days, because younger, liberal citizens are reasling how ridiculous their culture is and want to live their life in a modern, 21st century way and stop living in the past, but their government insists the imposing strict, out-dated islamic regime.
Instead of us being seen as pioneers for of equality and freedom of choice we are sen as the “evil west”. THEY are ignorant.
The comment above from Sean is by me, Ste, it defaulted to Sean, as this is his PC
Ste,
I don’t know if you are racist, but your thoughts are indeed simplistic and uninformed.
British girls (well from anywhere really) do walk around in most Middle Eastern countries quite freely. Iran and Saudi Arabia are the only countries where this is a requirement, Iran in fact, isnt actually an Arab country. I grew up in Dubai, and you really couldnt get much freer than that. Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain, etc.. women are relatively free to dress how they like.
Take a look around, the youth of the Middle East, look, well dress at least, very similarly to you. We have many of the same shops!!
You may chose not to believe it, but wearing the hijab is very much a choice for many young women. I personally do not, and am very comfortable with that, but I have friends and family who do, and friends and family who dont either. And all are quite comfortable with their decisions.
I really think you need to do some more research into the real reasons for the anymosity felt toward the ‘West’ by the Middle East. And I would also advice you to look into the real equality and freedom of ‘choice’ you have, in Britain is it?
yes, Liverpool, UK.
You speicify that iran isnt an arab country, i didnt mention arabs?!
I know there’s more to it, and my views may sound simplistic, but after all is said and done there’s a lot of people from middle east (& far east) moving to the “west” for studying and econmic betterment. How many westerners are emigrating over there?! We go there for holidays and then we come home.
“And I would also advice you to look into the real equality and freedom of ‘choice’ you have” – not sure what you mean here?
My post is still attracting comments. Cool.
I stand by everything I said in it.
Ste,
Are you kidding?? Do you really not know about how many Westerners, especially British, are moving to the UAE for better jobs and opportunities?? And the UAE is not the only case, Qatar for instance is expanding rapidly.
And this is just the issue I refer to when I ask you to look into the real freedoms you have in Britain. Why are so many people leaving the UK for better opportunities?? I myself live in the UK, and life is not easy. We are taxed an extortionate amount for things we never receive, we have learnt to accept sub-standard things, from living conditions, food products, to poor health care. We have little say in the politics of this country. And we are a nation obsessed with reality tv that is having a tragic impact on the people’s intellectual thought. And a drinking culture that only adds the the unproductive nature of this country. So you tell me, are we really that great culturally?
tamara u r one sik gurl! i rate n agree wit ya on evrthin u said … u telling me ste tht the words cumin outa her mouth if sum1 hu is opresd n depresd n deprived or lackin freedom ????????????
as in rome do as the romans do our great grandparents fought for our rights if what you see u dont like theres always your own country
I accept that there are people moving to Dubai with the economy boom over there, but the amount dwarfs the amount coming here (mainly on the scrounge). I’m not saying things are great here, Britain is crap, thats not my argument. My argument is women shouldn’t wear the veil/hejab/hijab/burkha whatever we’re calling it now in Britain. The full veil is down-right scary!
I think women should have the right to wear the veil/hijab (covering the hair) and dress modelstly wherever they like. But I do agree that the full veil/burkha can be excessive and may make others uncomfortable. But what is wrong if someone wants to cover their hair? What difference does that make to you Ste?
Well as I said, it is by far not limited to Dubai. And on what basis can you say (mainly on the scrounge)????
Ever heard of the word freedom? And our great grandparents also fought and died for your rights and to fix your bloody mistakes so wtf is this our great grandparents thing about? Think before you write.
I think rasta hippies look weird. That doesn’t mean I should support a law that strips them from the right to do whatever it is that they do. Just because the veil/hijab/whatever makes you uncomfortable you think you should deprive women of making their own decisions regarding what they can and cannot wear?
Unless it’s imposed, then it’s harmless. You think it’s scary but many think it’s endearing and respectful. You have to live with that.
I’m not saying there should be a law saying people CAN’T wear a veil, or it should be an arrestable offence. I’m saying people living to Britain should adapt to Biritsh life. You can be a devout muslim/jew without covering your hair. It’s pretty pointless really. You can dress modestly without covering your hair/head.
As for people being on the scrounge, i read (in a broad sheet newspaper not a tabloid). That 98% of people claiming asylum in the UK are refused, indicating they have lied when claimaing asylum and been caught out, so they are coming here purley for ecomic reasons. 75% of refugees (those who WERE granted asylum) when requesting citizenship (once they’ve been refugees for 5 years they can become “British”) have never taken up employment, and have been living on benefits from the day they arrived, until today.
They come here are granted asylum, then sit in their government-provided houses for 5 years, wearing their veils then become biritsh without contributing a penny or a minute of their time to society. I know this is going on the subject but you did ask..
I agree with you only to the extent that they should abide by British law. This is why I said that as long as they do not impose this upon others or try to change the laws to fit their own needs, then it’s practically harmless. As far as I know, veil-wearing isn’t illegal in Britain. Some people who migrate abroad would like to keep their identity intact, and they have every right to, especially in a “free” country like the UK. Why do you want them to give up their identity, cultural and religious beliefs simply because of a piece of clothing that you personally think is “scary”?
It just doesn’t make much sense to me.
Irrelevant. It’s not just Muslims who do this. Why don’t you complain about all the Russians and Eastern Europeans who do the same thing? Because they look more like you, it’s okay?
Well Ste, I think you are talking about two different issues here.
Firstly, being a secular nation does not mean that religion is irradicated from society. It means that religion plays no role in politics, and that people are able to practice their religions freely. And a major way in which Muslim women practice their faith, is by covering their hair. This covering of the hair, is common in many cultures, not just Muslim cultures. There is nothing threatening about the hijab to the British way of life. In fact, it is directly in line with the secular, liberal British way of life.
Secondly, I feel your fustration with regards to people being granted the right to sit on their ass, get money and housing from the government and give nothing back to society. But this is not limited to asylum seekers (who come from various cultures/nations), this is just as applicable to british people who do exactly the same. This is just as unacceptable.
This is a sympton of something majorly wrong with the system. People who are working, trying to make ends meet, are forced to support a significant number of people, who do not deserve the support they are receiving. We need to fix the problem, not target the victims of this situation.
On another level, I believe that there needs to be better intergration between the ethnic minorities of the UK and the british people, there has to be more acceptance from both sides. I object to certain minorities coming to the UK, and excluding themselves completely, resorting to even stricter traditions than they would have in their own country, in an attempt to prevent the loss of their culture. I do understand this, but in light of their choice to come to a foreign country, they should be more respectful of the nation they are in. I would say the same of the British, European etc.. who are moving to Arab countries.
I do complain about eastern europeans scrounging also, i dont restrict the ciriticism to certain nations, i complain about british people “on the scrounge” too!
OK then, you have changed my mind with regard to the the head covering (well done!), spose it is harmless & the individuals choice, but i still think the “full veil” is a bit much.
Going back Tamara’s comment a few days ago about western girls wearing what they want “freely” in islamic states. i have no evidence to back this up, but i find it very hard to beleive. perhaps legally they can, but socially i very much doubt it.
I don’t know about Britain, but here they don’t get asylum, they get work visas. Then they either earn a living honestly, which is fine, or by robbing people, and you better believe we’re complaining about that. On the whole though, they don’t live off our taxes.
We have a tighter labor market than Britain, and we get more refugees working than not, but almost half of them still live on welfare.
The real problem here is that immigrants, especially Pakistanis keep making their children marry relatives from their home countries. A daughter of pakistani immigrants seems to be considered not so much a person in her own right, as some relatives ticket to wealth and prosperity. And they keep killing them when they don’t oblige. The guys too keep marrying women from repressive societies, and discourage them from learning the language and their rights, and from getting friends and participating in society.
I support legislating that no one marries into the country unless the person they marry is employed and self supporting, and that once in they are barred for a decade from receiving welfare money. This should put more people in a position to defy their parents, and should discourage people from just leaching off the rest of us. Sadly, there isn’t a majority yet in parliament for such legislation.
Ste,
You say it is hard to believe, but have you ever been to any Arab or Islamic countries? Would you like to see pics of my friends and I, in Dubai? in Oman? in Qatar? in Jordan? in Syria? in Egypt? in Lebanon?
Not to mention Bahrain! I wear tank tops there. Most of my friends do. Some walk in skirts that are so short it exposes their asses. You can tan almost nude in some beaches. Shocking? Not really, I really thought this was common knowledge by now.
Esra’a:
So, walking down an average street, how many of the girls would be wearing:
“skirts that are so short it exposes their asses”
“tank tops”
“sweaters and jeans”
“hijabs, scarfs and loose clothing”
“niqabs/burqas”
Just curious.
This might also help me figure out how much of an anomaly you and your circle of friends are.
All of that depends on where you are.
If you’re at like, a resort, you’re gonna see asses and tight clothing everywhere.
If you’re at a mall, you’re gonna see people in sweaters and jeans everywhere.
If you’re in a conservative village, you’re gonna see hijabs, very rarely burquas except on the very old ladies.
I don’t know what anomaly means, but we are by far average.
SLUTS U ARE ALL GOING TO HELL.
They are not an anomaly, you are just watching too much FOX News again.
Seriously we are hardly an exception. God knows what you guys are watching over there to have this weird mental image of us.
BRB I have to fix my niqab.
We all know about Saudi Arabia, and whenever there is news coming out of the gulf, like some new wacky idea from dubai, or a flagburning semiriot, there are either no women present, or they are all huddled together in head to toe black, segregated from the men, waving qurans and chanting. Usually there are no women. News from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan etc shows normal women every once in a while. Not so in the gulf.
Maybe women there are camera shy? Or are people not allowed to report from the streets?
We mostly tar you with the Saudi brush, because of the close proximity and the fact that this assumption isn’t challenged. I’m glad to learn I’ve been mistaken.
Also, the gulf is supposedly the hijabi heartland and niqab country, with everywhere else claiming to be far less strict, and given how many Muslim immigrants insist on wearing these things here, we figure you must be off the charts.
How does Kuwait look in this respect?
When you see the same reel on your local TV when they put “news” about the “middle east”… people tend to believe what they see on it. Generally, no matter what country they are talking about or issue… you see men with furry face and women in ninja costume plotting to take over the world or talking about what hey had for lunch… all depends on who translated the material… and the zombies/drons from the so called free world think it’s the truth and shows the rest of the world how free they are by agreeing with strangers on TV.
AHA!
Nah, most of the taking over the world stuff comes out of London and Australia, and those guys don’t need translating. The same goes for cats and uncovered meat type material. And the cartoonrioter in chief from Denmark is being translated correctly, I can vouch for it.
Plus we have this dude in Norway called Mullah Krekar who will go on TV and lambast kumbaya leftists for misrepresenting his religion. He thinks non Muslims should be targeted with punitive taxation and a lot of other things, and he’s not shy about arguing it on national television. Muslims think he’s a right-wing conspiracy. (alright, I only heard that once, second hand, but I laughed my ass off)
Basically stuff like that only makes the news if it happens in a western country.
We do see regular women from the other Arab countries, like Jordan and Lebanon. I guess Bahrain just isn’t all that newsworthy.
I don’t see how we can be an anomoly, if Esra’a and her friends in Bahrain, and myself and my friends in Dubai, appear to dress rather similarly.
Well that is partly right, the Gulf region is known to be more conservative. But that is rapidly changing with the economic expansion of these countries. And some countries that have been traditionally known as more liberal are becoming more conservative, such as Egypt.
I think to some extent, this is an attempt to hold on to their culture, in an unfamiliar place.
Tamara:
See, this is the sort of thing I come here to learn. I know it’s hard even for people on the ground there to assess these things, but given how far off the mark I probably am it shouldn’t take much to give me a better idea than I have at present.
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In America only females are free to wear whatever they wish anywhere they go. Males on the other hand are required to cover themselves head to toe (in some places) with only their hands and what’s left of their head once that’s been butchered of most head hair and all facial hair. America is not really a free country – not for men anyway. It seems women tell men what to do. Has America moved into goddess worship?
Just to let you know – there are rules for men. Just cause the football team doesn’t practice them, doesn’t mean they arent there.
Men aren’t allowed to show from the navel, to the knee, to anyone but their wives, even in male-only company. As is for females, in female-only company. Further, the man has to behave in a way that is firm, and non-seductive, as do the females. The only difference is the headdress, and that is because the hair, on a female, is the most attractive part (as found in many a survey)
If you have such a huge problem with it, then don’t do it, or whatever. Walk around in whatever you want. Has anyone noticed that prostitutes on TV are shown in miniskirts, but ‘respectable’ women in longer and more ‘modest’ clothing?
Think about your own society. Your girlfriends never gonna turn up to meet your parents for the first time in a bra and a g-string. Right?
So its a matter of respect. The woman’s body is very attractive, and so it should be covered so as to not attract attention merely for ‘attraction’.
Anyway. I’m glad people have come in here talking abt oppression and such, it shows how ignorant the world is.
Sure, the oppression happens. But isn’t it even more oppression to stop those who WANT to? Wheres the ‘freedom’? If theres one extreme where you have to, theres another where you cant – even if its your own choice.
The whole hijab thing takes me by surprise. People just cant take it when someones different – they just can’t handle it.
in islamic dress women are more comfortable than any dress in these whole world…….but as the other side of a coin many ladies are miss using that holy and perfect dress……give respect to the things that need respect………….may god bless u
You know what people, this dress code of Middle east country really sucks, if you ask why, even they are strick in tradition alot reported cases of rape & woman abuse, but not only that even men today raped. and if the a man or a woman commited a crime for the reason of protecting herself/himself, still she is punishable. what a great pretender of good and decipline people.
even what you dress we are human and even if that human put in a lock area can still commit a mistake.
Well, as long as I know, muslim men MUST wear beards, at least one hand long, I cant see women wearing beards either. Also I’m aware that Muslim men, cannot wear shorts unless for a good reason like in water fishing etc.
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