From a religious point of view:
*For one thing I don't believe it's right to impose a dress code on non Muslims when the Prophet Himself, as the ruler didn't do so, as far as my admittedly limited knowledge goes. Anyone who claims otherwise will have to site the proof!
*As for Muslims then merely telling Muslim ladies to cover their shoulders and knees makes no sense. They'll have to then make it mandatory for them to wear a full loose abaya and hijab in accordance to the Quran and sunnah, which of course will be impossible for many reasons!
*A Muslim wearing hijab and abaya for the sake of the law and society alone and not for God's sake with knowledge of the religion,, hence they remove it when they leave the land and only wear it when there, is committing a bigger sin than those who don't wear it at all. They are hypocrites and that is never a good virtue in Islam.
On a social or cultrural point of view:
*How can one tell people that merely covering shoulders, knees and midriffs are modest, when you got all these ladies wearing skin tight, leaves nothing to the imagination type-jeans and tops oh and even ahem ahem abayas.
*The very usage of the words "us": cos not all of the "us" (or should that be "them"..confusing) themselves dress modestly nor support it, hence it makes the whole campaign senseless.
In actuality for many such reasons and the complications arising due to them,this campaign will remain as it is...a few lil matchstick folks on paper plastered over a few places and doing its rounds in the media. Nobody is actually bothering to heed the ban cos truth be told there is no such law being imposed with any seriousness except in a few places like Aspire Park which seems to be a bit of a out of whack place anyways! Expats wear what they wish anyways, and no one to date has ever emerged nude..phew!
From a religious point of view:
*For one thing I don't believe it's right to impose a dress code on non Muslims when the Prophet Himself, as the ruler didn't do so, as far as my admittedly limited knowledge goes. Anyone who claims otherwise will have to site the proof!
*As for Muslims then merely telling Muslim ladies to cover their shoulders and knees makes no sense. They'll have to then make it mandatory for them to wear a full loose abaya and hijab in accordance to the Quran and sunnah, which of course will be impossible for many reasons!
*A Muslim wearing hijab and abaya for the sake of the law and society alone and not for God's sake with knowledge of the religion,, hence they remove it when they leave the land and only wear it when there, is committing a bigger sin than those who don't wear it at all. They are hypocrites and that is never a good virtue in Islam.
On a social or cultrural point of view:
*How can one tell people that merely covering shoulders, knees and midriffs are modest, when you got all these ladies wearing skin tight, leaves nothing to the imagination type-jeans and tops oh and even ahem ahem abayas.
*The very usage of the words "us": cos not all of the "us" (or should that be "them"..confusing) themselves dress modestly nor support it, hence it makes the whole campaign senseless.
In actuality for many such reasons and the complications arising due to them,this campaign will remain as it is...a few lil matchstick folks on paper plastered over a few places and doing its rounds in the media. Nobody is actually bothering to heed the ban cos truth be told there is no such law being imposed with any seriousness except in a few places like Aspire Park which seems to be a bit of a out of whack place anyways! Expats wear what they wish anyways, and no one to date has ever emerged nude..phew!