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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I think the whole "showing your face" thing is terribly insulting. The religious reasoning behind it is that women are told that men are biologically unable to control their sex drive and if they are tempted by a beautiful woman....SNIP
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Modesty is at the heart of Muslim life....for men and women. Here's an interesting question/answer that took me 5 seconds to find.
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http://islam.about.com/od/dress/p/clothing_reqs.htm
1st Requirement: What parts of the body are to be covered:
The first bit of guidance given in Islam describes the parts of the body which must be covered in public.
For women: In general, standards of modesty call for a woman to cover her body, particularly her chest. The Qur'an calls for women to "draw their coverings over their chests," and the Prophet Muhammad instructed believing women to cover their bodies except for their face and hands. Most Muslims interpret this to require headcoverings for women. Some Muslim women cover the entire body, including the face and/or hands.
For men: The minimum amount to be covered is between the navel and the knee.
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As for the women at the airport - it had nothing to do with religion. It has to do with the same reason people think they can fight a parking ticket if there's a spelling mistake on it........they fight because they know they can.
Now my solution to the problem is pretty simple. I would say that refusing a simple request (such as a private showing of the face) is pretty suspicious behavior and warrants escalated treatment. They should have been subject to a strip search, complete with bomb/drug sniffing dogs. Maybe then they wouldn't hide behind their religion when inconvenienced like every other person on the planet.