The incomparable Lubna Husein strikes again with another hot column. This time, she tells us how she was shocked on one of her first flights out of the Kingdom when most of the women on the plane had hastily replaced their abayas by the latest in couture ensembles and catwalk fashions.
And as she said, it is none of our business to comment on people’s preferential attire when they are left to their own discretion. But I think the most important part of her article is the questions she asks. “How on earth can we convincingly request citizens of other countries to adhere to our strictures and codes of ethics when we all too frequently discard them whenever and wherever the opportunity presents itself?”
This is a very good question. I’d like to hear your answers.
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This is funny. I think it is because some people who do wear hijab and veil in saudi do so only because it is the law and once they are out of the country they feel its ok to discard their garb.
Unfortunately, the very laws that were supposed to bring good to the country are now the reason behind the hypocrisy we see. It all boils down to the question, Should we have manditory laws on veil? I don’t think so. Forcing an action on someone mostly brings out an equal and opposite reaction…Newton’s 3rd law =)
Give them the CHOICE to wear hijab and veil and you will get a better outcome.
I don’t think religious dogmas should be imposed on anyone, regardless of race, religion and culture and regardless of examples set by the people.
I remember seeing this ever since the early 80s when I would go Jeddah-London. It’s an old thing, nothing new.
I guess it happens because the rules the government has placed cannot be forced on any people. They may observe the policy while they are in the country, but you cannot make the people follow it to their heart.
I can go on and on, but basically yuo cannot enforce rules on everyone and expect them to observe it in their heart.
Mansur