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[quote]Going without a shirt is already a social aberration. I am not sure whether one can compare it with the head covering. Perhaps, more appropriate would be the beard.

The fact that almost all but a tiny minority considers the head covering as obligatory speaks for itself. Is it not that we have made a recommended act an obligatory one?

Many women will cover the head before praying when alone, but will not do so when going to a market, where it is perhaps more important. Thus, a tradition which looks hypocritical and absurd.

I guess what I would like to say is that if a few women pray without the head covering then that should be analogous to men praying without the beard and should be treated as such.

About the head covering stemming from modesty, I cannot answer and I suppose females can answer this one better. To each his own. If a few women feel that not covering the head is analogous to a man not wearing a shirt then so be it.

But if many women feel the two are not comparable then again so be it. In either scenario, it will be upto them whether to continue with the convention or to part from it.[/quote]

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