With that said, I do not agree with teaching women to cover themselves entirely from head to toe, only revealing their eyes, for the sake of not tempting men into lustful thoughts. If a woman is dressed modestly, and happens to have her face, arms or ankles showing (for example), isn’t it up to the man to be responsible and keep his mind in check? Everyone is imperfect and a sinner, but staying modest must not be on the shoulders of only the female sex. Surely it is a shared burden.

Yes, many Western portrayals of people are over-sexed – I said people for a reason, as both males and females get the hyper-sexualized treatment on the red carpet, in fashion and in advertisements, but that doesn’t mean every woman (or man) in the West is some promiscuous sex bomb just because the women don’t cover up from head to toe. If men can’t keep their minds in check, then they have things to work out with God, too.

Firstly, we dress how we feel, because why can’t a woman express herself? I think it’s great that muslim women should start expressing themselves. The point is, women wear the hijab to be modest, but if a woman isn’t modest on the inside,what’s the point of wearing it at all? women should be modest enough on the inside that they don’t have to try and appear modest.