Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Unclear on the Concept: Hijab


Okay, as I understand it, the Hijab, when incorporating the face mask (as in the picture here) is to provide head to toe modesty.
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So far so good. But today I saw a woman walking down 8th Ave. with male companion wearing the Hijab with the face scarf.
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And yet she wore flip flops. Flip flops? I am not trying to be the Islamic police, but don't flip flops go against that whole "not going to show any part of my body to a man" thing?
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So, I don't understand.
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Also, her face scarf was brown and her Hijab was black which I thought was a fashion faux paus as well. And her flip flops were green. All in all - not the picture of modesty nor of taste.