Quote Originally Posted by crazycanuck View Post
I would say somone living in say Pakistan or Saudi Arabia would adhere to the Qur'an to the exact word. As Sharia law is followed very very closely not much choice.
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Not to nit-pick, but my sister-in-law is from Karachi, Pakistan, and she told me that they don't have to cover there. It may because she is from the city and I think grew up in a more affluent part of the city, but when I asked her about it, she got sort of huffy (it's complicated) and she said that they don't have to cover in Pakistan. It does depend on the country, in some parts of Afghanistan, women have to cover fully, wearing burqas. In other Islamic countries, women don't have to cover. From my understanding, there's nothing in the Qur'an that specifically says that they have to cover their heads, it's a choice in some cases, a difference in how they interpret the Qur'an in others. I took a sociology in world religion class, and we had a really great speaker who shed light on a lot of things in Islam. So, that's my take on the situation.