First of all, it depends on which Islamic scholar you ask. They are all in disagreement as to what extent the Quran advocates this. However, the Quran does urge men and women to dress and behave modestly in society. The Quran does not specifically mention the Burqa or tells women to wear such extremely confining clothes. The Ulema or the Scholars do agree that the Quran says women should not wear extremely revealing clothes. Modern day muslims base their authority regarding the Burqa on the Hadith or collected traditions of life in the days of Muhammad the prophet. But a noteworthy objection is that Hadith describes 7th century Arabian life, which should not be imposed on modern day Muslims world wide. Muslim communities also argue that women are to dress modestly but should not be forced or punished to wear a Burqa. This is why many Muslim communities have different preferences regarding the application of the Burqa.

This type of dress has its origins with desert times long before Islam arrived. It had two functions. Firstly as a sand mask in windy conditions. This would be worn by men and women and is still common today. For women only the masking of the face and body was used when one group was being raided by another. These raids often involved the taking of women of child bearing age. With all women hidden behind a veil the chances of being taken were substantially reduced as the women of child bearing age could not be quickly distinguished from the very young and the old in the turmoil of fighting.

Many Muslims believe that the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an, and the collected traditions of the life of Muhammed, or hadith, require both men and women to dress and behave modestly in public. However, this requirement, called hijab, has been interpreted in many different ways by Islamic scholars and Muslim communities; the burqa is not specifically mentioned in the Quran.

Originally Posted by Rutten

I never said anywhere that most muslims are suicide bombers (lol), I am saying that there are muslim suicide bombers. And these MSB's will use Selfdestruct if they find that one of their traditional, religious items are taken from them. Thats like 200 base damage.

@TacoBELL; We didn't miss what you typed, we just didn't give a shit.

Originally Posted by Rutten

Anywho, now that that waste of time has been dealt with, may we return back to the debate? Or does TacoBELL still want to argue?

Originally Posted by Xtreme

Nice to know that 20 years equals a decade. Thank you for enlightening us all, oh great and mighty troll. And I'm talking about the U.S., and I also said the MAJORITY of attacks, not all of them. If you want to read posts selectively, do it in Wibbles.

Also, agreeing with Rutten on TACObells' points; your interpretation of the Qu'ran is not the one that matters; it's theirs.

Originally Posted by Rutten

@Steroids: Except for the fact that Muslims are prone to use Explosion more than any other group.