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[quote]After reading the thread you posted a link to, I believe some people think it is logical that the Qur'an asks to cover the bosom with the head covering implying that the head must have been covered to begin with.

Such a logic is not right. The head covering was not necessarily used to cover the head. It was merely laid over some of the hair or the shoulders, and was loose. The women of that time used to wear shirts with huge necks, so their bossoms would show through the neck line. This was convenient for breast feeding mothers. The verse is inline with this interpretation that it asks the women to keep their bossoms covered with the piece of cloth called head covering.

Even in many muslim countries today where women wear 'dupatta', it is merely folded over the shoulders to cover the bossom, and not necessarily the head. Even though it is a head covering, but it is rarely used to cover the head.

It is good that you have your interpretation, but it is wrong to demand others follow your interpretation. So whoever woman wants to do the head covering, it is her personal choice, and we must respect her interpretation of the Qur'an.

You should take a look at:

http://www.headscarf.net/index2.htm[/quote]

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