• RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Can anybody with more knowledge about this explain this? I don’t know much about islam but i thought husbands and/or fathers would force women to wear them?

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      It’s a complex issue, but think of it like backwards fundamentalist Christians going ballistic over women (especially their daughters) wearing anything more revealing than a sweater. That kind of familial coercion is couched in religious terms and springs from religious values, but is not, strictly speaking, fundamental (ha) to the religion itself.

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      2 months ago

      The root of tune thing is that Islamic teachings require practitioners to dress modestly.

      Interpretations of this range from “cover your sex bits” to “don’t show an inch of skin to anybody except your husband”.