re: #231 Obdicut

I’d say the more interesting question is if modesty needs to be something external, or if it a much healthier and interesting kind isn’t internal; is wearing clothing consciously chosen to be modest by your own standards.

That to me is more interesting than just checking on what the prevailing modest clothing is and checking that off the “God says do this” box. The former is a bit of an encounter with yourself.

They’re supposed to go hand in hand. Some Muslim women don’t cover their hair; some wear crazy clothes, but do cover their hair; some wear jilbabs, some just wear skirts & long-sleeved blouses or dresses; some wear the niqab, some wear the niqab and gloves—I’m sure you’ve seen every variation in NYC. And if you go to Iran and other ME countries, you’ll also find prostitutes wearing chadors, abaayas, and burqas. The covering by itself is meaningless.