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[quote]I am of the opinion that it is attention to the nitty gritty details that really help in threshing an opinion.

So in our case of the head cover, we notice a strong opinion against NOT wearing it during prayer despite the fact that it has not been mandated by law.

Now my issue is, that the beard too has not been mandated by law, but scholars are not too emotional or strong in encouraging beards?

The similarity between the two is that while the head cover SUPPOSEDLY stems from modesty ( a point females can understand better) and hence nature, likewise the beard stems from those areas of Islam where the emphasis is on nature.

This leads one to know, whether insistence on head covers is simply based on strong tradition, one broken only recently in the 20th century, whereas the beard tradition was broken earlier.

Moreover, the seemingly absurd behavior of head covers during prayers but not in market places renders it a meaningless exercise, and seems to provide a clue as to the modesty part, i.e., it becomes no different from a man's prayer cap, which the rational ones have done away with for valid reasons.

Also, the head cover is not as trivial an issue as you might think. Muslim feminists have their own opinions.

http://www.maryams.net/articles_veil01.shtml#veil

My point is to take the issue to a shocking place i.e. prayer and see where we can go from there. Either way, toward OR against the head cover.

And if this somewhat creates an impression on people then that would simply mean that one should stop all controversial discourse in religious science for the fear of the naive getting misled.

Finally, if someone tells you that an action is OK, then you dont go about committing it unless and untill it really makes sense.

Are we not responsible for what we understand as the truth as opposed to the absolute truth?

Edited by: junaidj on Saturday, May 22, 2004 12:15 AM[/quote]

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