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Originally Posted by Idyllic
If this question crosses the line of personal choice just tell me, no prob. but what is the issue with scantily clad women, or pre-marital sex, aside from religious doctrine. Is there a verse within the Qur'an that speaks specifically of a woman being less than virtuous if she wears a bikini to the beach (over simplifying here, for pov), or being unrighteous if she is not proven a virgin. Is it against Shar'iah to view the female body outside of the bedroom (not necessarily nude) or for the female to be scantily clad. Do you think that Islam could ever view scantily clad women as still virtuous? I know I am adding more questions to you dlish, but this one caught my eye.
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idyllic,
if you read deep enough, you'll find that even the veil is not explicitly mentioned in the quran. what you will wind is verses on modesty and morality. there are rules for male dress codes as well as female dress codes.
while back in those days women that did not cover, some were considered harlots, but in this day and age and with the changing time, uncovered women are not considered as such, even by islam. There are literally millions of muslim women who do not cover their heads. my sister is one of them, and until recently so was my mother, and no one ever considered them to be less than virtuous
As far as islam is concerned, people cannot judge based on conjecture. but if you put a mens magazine in front of me and ask me if a woman that happens to be on the front page in a bikini is making her 5 daily prayers, im going to have to say no. she may be a believer, but she's less virtuous.
as for the covering of a muslim woman, again its considered modesty to not show their body to other than family members. so indoors, muslim women dress like anyone else. outdoors, they're supposed to cover. ive met many people who've thought that muslim women need to wear the veil 24-7.