[coffeebreak]

As posted earlier - is this a RELIGIOUS garment or a CULTURAL garment? If the former - then you are correct. If the later is true, you are wrong.

Are the Ten Commandments a religious or cultural symbol? It's been part of our culture for hundreds of years. What about Christmas? Is swearing on the bible in court religious or cultural? If a student wears a cross but says they are not a Cristian does the cross just become a piece of jewelry?

If a Christian women goes to a Muslim country does she HAVE to wear a head scarf? I don't think so. I would argue that the head scarf is both religious and cultural because, like in the U.S., it's often quite difficult to separate the two.

[EggsAckley]

My mother visited the Middle East a few years ago, and YES, she DID have to wear Muslem clothing. It was a full length black "robe" type thing, with black headwear AND a black veil.