March 3, 2003 at 12:00 am #22277
Michael-W20643
Participant
The custom doesn’t apply to all Middle Eastern women but only to those whose religion is Islam. While all Muslims do not agree, conservative Muslims believe their holy book, the Koran, teaches that it is indecent for women to display any part of their body, and that to do so will cause men who see them to feel sinful lust toward them.