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[quote]I agree with waseem that we should not take hadith stories so lightly - most of them are just stories and fairy tales.

The article whose link is posted, it seems so shallow. The author seems quite naive and prejudiced. For e.g.

[quote] Men are an aggressive lot. If you take away clothes from a woman, the man is not suddenly going to start respecting her. Rather he's going to take it as a green light to chase after her. [/quote]

I don't know what men this author is talking about. I do not run after naked women nor do other men I know of. If you have gone to any beach in the West, you will not find men running after women in swimsuits. You will find families with children having a good time. Infact I think the Western man practices the hijaab more than the typical Asian Muslim man. Go to a beach in American or Europe, men will be minding their own business. Go to Karachi or Lahore, and all the men on the street are eyeing the ladies, even those in burqas. Now you tell me which man is following the Quran better:

24.30 Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.

[quote]It doesn't take an analyst from Fashion Avenue to figure out that a man will design clothes for women that fits one main criteria: That the outfit be pleasing and attractive to the eyes of a man.[/quote]

More BS. Did you know many women's clothes are designed by women themselves. Who invented the brassiere? It was a woman.

[quote]The feminists say that women should be free and independent, never relying on any man. So the message men extract from this is that now they can have as many lovers as they want and never have to be tied down to one woman ever again[/quote]

I have yet to see a Western man who has extracted such a message from this that he can have as many lovers. On the other hand, some Arabs, especially of rich GCC countries, think they can have as many women as they please and they divorce a wife when they see a prettier woman like they are changing their shoes.

[quote]Already the feminists have destroyed Christianity and Judaism[/quote]

Christianity and Judaism were only weakened by the innovations people had made into the revelations of God. These religions already lost their luster in the industrial revolution or earlier when the stupid laws of the church were debunked by science. Feminists had nothing to do with it.

[quote]A Muslimah in Hijab always looks purer than a woman in a mini- skirt.[/quote]

It is ironic that the author and other Muslims like the author ask us not to judge women by their bodies by their their souls. Now is this not hypocrisy that the author is judging other woman by their appearance? The author thinks a woman's outer apperance dictates how  pure she is!

It is like saying the mullah with the longest beard is most pious muslims!

Islam requires Muslim men and women to behave and dress modestly and interact with each other modestly. 33.59 asks women to cover themselves with outer garments so they are not molested. From that if one thinks Allah is asking to cover the head only, than that is pretty shallow interpretation indeed.

And Allah (SWT) knows best!

Edited by: oosman on Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:42 PM

Edited by: oosman on Friday, January 12, 2007 1:40 AM[/quote]

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