My friend was at Victoria Secret yesterday buying a swim suit, and I was there along for the ride. While I was waiting for her to try some suits on I noticed that in the store were some women in the store who were shopping for...well, I'm not really sure, I wasn't really paying attention. Anyway, the women were wearing jilbabs and hijabs and I immediately thought of this forum. Here you are in a very "Western" store with "non-Western" clad women. The contrast seemed pretty stark to me. I suppose the jilbabs and hijabs are meant to cover the exterior of a woman to "keep her modest", yet nothing, that I know of at least, talks about what they need to wear underneath them.
There's an example of the blending of cultures. Now, is that good or bad? I can't really say, unfortunately because I don't really have an indepth knowledge of the Islamic culture. Maybe someone who does have knowledge on this topic could speak of how this impacts Muslims?
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