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[quote]tilawat,

Even though your comments refer to someone else, I would like to add something if you don't mind.

You might have read there were brothels in those times and the arabs used their slave girls for prostituition and to make money. When men would visit these places, they would flirt with the woman there. If pious ladies pass by, these men would also harass them not knowing the difference. Also these immoral men might be drunk.

One reason that comes to mind why pious free believing woman were asked to cover with outer garments so it would be easy for the immoral men to know that these are not sex slaves of the brothel but rather free women. So they would leave them alone.

[quote]the question arises as to who were the insulters. Apparently they were Muslims as they insulted only the non-muslim women.[/quote]

These might have been those immoral men who visited the harems. Could have been the hypocrite Muslims or non-Muslims. How do you know they insulted only non-Muslim women?

[quote]Thirdly; why Allah is selective being concerned only with protecting the honour of muslim women only?[/quote]

Allah is referring to the free believing women. Obviously the slave has no choice, she was following the will of her master and there is no use in asking the slave to cover with outer garments, her masters would probably think that was not good for their business.

[quote]Fourthly; why Allah says nothing about checking those insulters and appears to give a freehand to them to insult the women who are not 'recognized' as muslims? [/quote]

Many muslims live in this fake make belief world that the holy prophet was an all powerful ruler, and everyone in town obeyed him. This was simply not true, even after the conquests. You realize how difficult it is for even modern day governments to enforce law and order? How was the prophet supposed to do that over ignorant pagan arabs without any police force? Such an impractical order to the prophet would have been useless and pointless. If a law cannot be enforced, then what is the point of writing laws?[/quote]

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