Muslim Woman Sues Police For Forcing Her To Remove Hijab

[JCMach1]

94. Wow... you can't be Muslim and doubt the text of the Koran

If you thought that's what the people you were talking to were saying, you seriously misunderstood.

Islam is a religion first and foremost of the 'word' that is found in the Koran. The only Orthodoxy (in contrast to your Christian examples) exist only in the word. There are no Popes, priests, bishops, etc. to tell you what to do in Islam. Imam is simply a title given to a Koranic teacher. Want to become an Iman, stand-up and start talking at the Mosque... That is both a strength and weakness of the religion as it allows for tribal cultural relics (like different types of cover for women) to remain in-place.

Everything else... Imams, traditions, they are all secondary at best.

Cover is NOT an article of faith, sorry it just isn't. Why don't you try telling a religious Lebanese woman who doesn't cover that she is going against her religion. After she chews you a new one, we can discuss.

Modesty of dress and person IS the only article that applies.

What you don't seem to understand is that cover is cultural, and because of political Islam (and yes discrimination in the West) has made cover a 'political' issue.

What the young lady in the OP needs to ask herself is she being modest in her person and actions when she denies the request of a secular authority for safety/security reasons? OR, is she being arrogant, prideful, and political over a cultural issue.

You also need to understand the religious political aspects of this as certain types of cover have become a means of controlling women and discourse within the exported Saudi brand of fundamentalism. I will give a personal example of this. Not to long ago when you would travel the Muslim, Swahili coast of east Africa, you would find the traditional African Muslim cover which was modest, but also bright and colorful (not basic black). As Saudi religious influence has spread, you now find more and more black chador. It is also no coincidence that this has coincided with the rise of Al Shabab and other violent East African Muslim separatist movements.

So, yeah, you are very very wrong... Cover can be about many things, but is not required by the Koran and primarily it demonstrates tribal, cultural, and even political affinity.