24:31 And tell the believing women to lower their gaze, and guard their modesty. They should not show off their adornment beyond what may be decently and spontaneously apparent. Let them cover their chest area with a light covering. And let them not their attraction be apparent to any but their husbands or fathers or husbands’ fathers, or their sons or their husbands’ sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons or sisters’ sons, or their women folk, or their close dependents, or such male attendants as are beyond all sexual desire, or children who have no carnal knowledge of women. And they should not strike their feet or swing their legs in walking so as to draw attention to their hidden beauty and ornament. O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Turn all of you together to God so that you may be successful (in establishing a benevolent society). [33:59]
33:59 O Prophet! Tell your wives, your daughters, and women of the believers that they should draw loose-fitting outer garments around their person (when in public). This is easy and proper, so that they may be recognized and not be bothered. God is Absolver of imperfections, Merciful. (24:31)
[Jalbab = Outer garment = Overcoat = Lengthened dress = Chadar = Shawl = Loose-fitting garment = Modest dress. Body Parts Women Can Show In Public: Face, hands and forearms, heads, feet and ankles as during ablution. See 5:6.
A Hadith that agrees with the Qur’an: Ibn Umar said that during the times of Rasoolullah (S) men and women used to do Wudhu together. – Bukhari, Kitabil Wudhu]
The 10.6 million population of Holland has only 6% Muslims and only one hundred women use the burka.
The reasons given make good sense. "How can you relate to a person who is before you and whom you cannot see? It's a violation of human dignity talking, standing, sitting in front and not being able to see each other."
I will add: How do you not what monster is hidden behind the tent like burka?
The Mullah will, of course, raise hell about since he must raise hell on everything sensible.
Considering the dozens of thefts committed by burqa-clad women (who are actually criminals going incognito) in the busy marketplaces of the sub-continent, you have to admit that the burqa is indeed a security threat.
The burqa has outlived its importance. It might have been necessary in some societies earlier, but today it creates a phony and cumbersome wall between the sexes, who need to intermingle in the fields of education and business. Muslim society is all the poorer for the absence of bright female minds in these fields. And, as anyone who has lived in the Middle East will testify, the strict separation of the sexes has only lead to myriad social evils. In this society the only use of the burqa now is to make it a tool to make the women believe that they were, are, and will remain inferior creatures. For an exposition on this, please try to catch the brilliant videos of Saudi women’s right activist Wajiha Al Huwaider on the net.
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