I feel like you're trying to be sarcastic, but actually, yes. They are.

It is the same thing. Its an arbitrary standard of modesty. Where we draw the line depends on the culture. Your ignorance is showing, since youve decided your standard is the morally correct one for some reason. Get over yourself, you Cultural Imperialist (TM).

Seeing as how there are Muslim women all over the world who wear hijabs or burqas in countries where they're not forced to, I'm going to venture a guess that many of them are rational and free to make their own choices.

"I feel so sorry for those poor American women, being brainwashed into covering their breasts. They even wear wired contraptions invented by men to keep them under control. Those who show even parts of their breasts are shamed, and the American government censors them from the media even though the men are topless all…

You're obviously not looking for a actual conversation, but whatever. I'll say it anyway. Everyone knows that the US is effectively a Christian nation, despite the First Amendment (especially those of us who are not Christian). Come back at me when people aren't actively trying to restrict my access to healthcare,…

So was your father but you don't see anybody around here blaming him for your stupidity.

So is it fair to say your issue is with the culture, and not with the religion? I doubt driving was mentioned in the Quran. Also, note that in most parts of the west, women are legally required to cover their nipples - something men aren't required to do in public. The reasoning is the same - the sight of breasts will…

I wrote this comment elsewhere, but am interested in your take on it. In what way is wearing a hijab (covering your hair) different from wearing a top to cover your breasts? Aside from the places where female toplessness is explicitly allowed, women are expected to cover their nipples because they may arouse men,…

Do you honestly believe Christians stopped doing that on their own? People had to enact laws to stop them from abusing people. Many Christians abuse their children and treat women like trash but hide it better. I went to a bible camp where the counselors locked me in a dark closet for 3 hours. I was 11. I called my…

Actually, FGM is practiced by Christians too.... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Or birth control codes, pregnancy codes, and more then a few others.

I don't think anything is beyond criticism. I don't need a back bone to question someone who can make generalizations about any group, religious or not.

That's crap. Islam is a religion, same as any other. Christians would like to implement Biblical Law just as much as Muslims love Sharia Law.

Because no one in some Christian denominations or Jewish sects would ever repress women? Btw, two of the most populous Muslim countries (Indonesia and Malaysia) are secular and all women there aren't required to be veiled.

Ignorance, or your display of it rather, is really what is awful.

I'm sorry, have you been to America lately?

you mean saudi arabia's over-literal wahhabism is so awful.

Islamophobic ignorance and sweeping generalizations are also awful.

hassidic jews make their wives shave their heads bald, wear wigs and are just and are just as terrible.

I'm probably gonna get chewed out for this, but I'm going in anyway.