Here´s my musical contribution to the topic 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehljR3Qr9yU&feature=related
I have mixed feelings about the covering up of Muslim women. On one hand I couldn´t care less what one chooses to wear and for whatever reason (if it´s a choice indeed, for many women it´s not, and that´s something I´d have a problem with). What I don´t buy into is the whole notion that it is the women´s fault if men have sexual thoughts about them. If men have a problem looking at women, then maybe they are the ones that should not be looking instead of forcing women to cover up like that. I don´t get what is immodest about hair or neck or arms. And even if, for some reason, some men were getting wild beyond the ability to self-restrain while getting a peek of some hair, wouldn´t exposure to said hair make the hair loose their sexual luster after a while? Isn´t it the forbidden fruit that´s the temptation? If anything, I think that the covering is making the women more of sexual objects, not less. But that´s just my opinion. Obviously, I don´t know enough about Islam to appreciate the whole cultural and religious significance of hiding behind scarfs and burkas, it just seems to me another chauvinistic way to control women.
fantastic post... couldnt agree with you more
(FamilyGuy I assumed you were a man!!!)
it certainly didnt get on my nerves, but hey Im not a granny yet, got six weeks to go and will be proud to be a granny 
you know who you are 