Islam's Big Cover-Up; LETTERS
SHOHANA KHAN is right when she says female beauty is put on a pedestal (Letters). It's true that women are often used as commodities to sell products and make money.
But Islam has over-reacted to this by taking a stance which is no better.
It may be true, as Muslims believe, that Western society treats women as sexual objects, but Islam looks upon men as sexual predators.
If this isn't true, why do Muslim women cover all their flesh -- in some cases even the face? When worshippers go for their devotions to the mosque, women can't pray in front of men or alongside them in case the men are distracted from their prayers.
Islam targets not only the …
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Article title: Islam's Big Cover-Up; LETTERS.
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Newspaper title: Daily Mail (London).
Publication date: May 17, 2011.
Page number: 56.
© 2007 Daily Mail.
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