Islamic Dress Quotes
At the time she made this statement, she was the French Minister of Families, Infants and Women;s Rights. France was in the midst of a political and legal argument over the right of communities to ban women at the beaches to wear burkina’s. These were garments that covered the woman’s body completely that some French Muslim leaders claimed was the only mortal way a Muslim woman could go to a beach. Secularists divided into two groups. Those who argued that the right of dress or undress for a French woman was inviolable by the state. The otters groups argued that the burkini was clear method of control of women by men which is so contrary to French rights and mores, that the community should be allowed to be practiced. The Minister was with the latter group.
This is the famous sura that has been interpreted to require women to be covered, wear the chador or burka completely covering them or just a headscarf as other Muslims interpret it. Note that a literal reading does not require complete covering. Fundamentalists in Islam do not only rely on the precise literal statement through they would never dispute it. But many would believe that it is metaphorical for not revealing anything that might be stimulating to men. The sura goes on to list those male relatives who are exempted. These are the same as those where marriage is forbidden.
She was referring ti burkinis—Muslim beachwear that voce red all of a woman’s body and hair. She was one of the supporters of a ban on the wearing of burins on French breaches.
