Muslim Woman’s Dress – Sign of Oppression or Solution for Immodest Societies?

Muslim Woman’s Dress – Sign of Oppression or Solution for Immodest Societies?

Here I am going to discuss how the dress of a Muslim woman is not a sign of oppression, but a solution for immodest societies. A Muslim woman adorned in her modest clothing / hijab is considered an oppressed individual in the west. They don’t consider Muslim women’s dressing to be a sign of modesty and, thus, want women to walk around in little and revealing clothing.

There are still some tribes living in jungles, especially in the Amazon jungle in Australia, who don’t wear any clothes other than covering their private parts. What if those tribes were to say that the women in the west are oppressed because they wear excessive clothing like skirts and they should instead be covering their private parts only?  The western society will definitely condemn this and call such people immoral and shameless.

Under the similar context, in Islam, wearing anything less than what has been prescribed for women will be considered immodest. Who has the right to decide what type of dressing is decent and modest?  To Muslims, the words of the Creator, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala, are final. Allah is pure and He likes purity and modesty.

In simple and plain words… Islam gives respect to women and doesn't want them to roam around as an object to please the eyes of men. They should not show their beauty to anyone except their husband.

Men have also been instructed in the Quran to lower their gaze. This combined Islamic practice, where women cover themselves and men lower their gaze, can easily lead to a modest and decent society and prevent spouses from cheating on each other.