That certainly was interesting...the blog had some interesting posts....thanks for posting it.

 Nice photo and interesting website too. I once had a photograph of a Yemenite Jewish bride that looked amazingly similar to a traditional Moroccan bride.

cedars, your posts are complete crap, sorry to say so.

a few iranian orthodox jewish women (or even one woman)  talk crap (without any ground in torah) and you announce it as if all jews think so. and of course the website you sourced from is extremely interesting (worthy to trust, ).

a few uzbek jews made a traditional clothing for their wedding and you post it as if they wear that everyday. i know what uzbekistan is.

even i would wear a cover if i lived in iran, uzbekistan, afghanistan, saudi and etc.

end of story! i dont want to discuss with you, cedars! you are exact copy of alameda.

you never listen, but just go on like a machine, like a zombie.

BYE!!!

I am sorry but all of you are wrong about wearing el Hijab and Muslim women.

Though I do NOT wear it myself, but muslim women should cover her head and wear long dresses till her ankles and long sleeved aswell.  Oh no no, it is not like the photo sent by ROSE but the all the hair

I am sorry but all of you are wrong about wearing el Hijab and Muslim women.

Though I do NOT wear it myself, but muslim women should cover her head and wear long dresses till her ankles and long sleeved aswell. This is mentioned in the Quran.   Oh no no, it is not like the photo sent by ROSE but women must cover all their hair and neck (the whole face is kept uncovered of course)

Unfortunately I do not have a photo to show you.

Bluetooth Burqa

Kison says the burqa has a "digital layer" that incorporates a Bluetooth antenna, which lets women "decide for themselves where they want to position themselves virtually." Nearby mobile phones that also use Bluetooth will light up with any small file a woman chooses to broadcast as her identity -- a photo, a cartoon, a text file or even a sound clip.

B"H

I´m Jewish. My family is half Lithuanian via Greece, and my mother´s side is Yemenite.  I wear hijab every day; the only exception is when I attend shul because we go to Chabad, and we are expected to respect the minhagim of Ashkenazim as they would respect ours in our community.  But I believe the normal mitpakhat or tikhel when tied at the nape is simply not functional, and wearing the hijab or shayla enables the wearer to maintain a total level of elegant tzniut with regard to halakhah; plus, she may wear low-cut tops beneath.  I do own shaitels, but believe this to be an inferior custom for purposes of maarit ayin, or giving lesser Jews and any gentile the wrong impression; forgive me, but I´m convinced it is a main reason the Muslim world resents us so, and I don´t blame them.  Most of my Muslim friends never even knew Jewish women are also obligated to cover hair, and the result is I´m often accused of being a Muslimah-wanna-be.  Meanwhile, I´m just trying to maintain modesty, and my children do not yet know what a Muslimah is.  Every one they´ve seen they get excited over and run to her children to ask where the go to shul.  But the hijab is practical, comfortable, respectful, elegant, and the next best thing to the Yemenite gargush.

B"H

Look, I agree with you about the p.c. folly, but the problem is that no one can legislate with regard to dignity, because it is a personal matter.  Dignity is a feeling or consciousness, not a code.  I knew a girl in high school who after joining the navy also became a stripper.  She was discharged (surprise, surprise) for bad conduct, but to her, she didn´t feel dignity when she donned that uniform; she felt it when some guy gave her a $1 wrapped around a roll of paper and slapped him.  That was her view of dignity.

Covering one´ s head or body, whether you are an Arab or a Jew, or whether you are a man or a woman is obviously a good and necessary protection against the climate in that area of the world. It is also understable why people prefer loose clothing in that area. Anyone who has been in a desert knows  that no attire can beat that of a Tuareg in that climate.

The circus act starts when someone starts telling you that this is a divine order and that everything else is a sin. Can you blame Eskimos covering themselves fully in furs to stand the Artctic cold ?;  consider however, how an Eskimo travelling to Los Angeles in his local outfit would look, if he insisted fur coats were his God´s orders.

 Well crafted and wonderfully logical point.  I remember when I was in Saudi Arabia having to wear a burqa when I left the compound.  It was practical, protected me from the sun and constant sand that always flies around, but as a westerner, it made me resent that I HAD to wear it.  My problem with the situation was that I had no choice, no freedom and no right to say NO.