To: vannrox
Like all the other good aspects of Islam (prayer five times daily, prostrating oneself in worship, an ascetic discipline involving strict fasting until late in the day, considering the notable pious kings of the Old Testament to be prophets along with the authors of the prophetic books,...) the notion of appropriate female modesty was copied from the Orthodox Christianity which prevailed in the Christian lands nearest to the heathen regions of Araby whence Mohammed hailed. And like all of the other good aspects he copied, it has been perverted either by him or his successors (so much so that the association with Muslim shrouding of women keeps many modern Orthodox women from adhering to our traditions of female modesty.)
To: The_Reader_David
the notion of appropriate female modesty was copied from the Orthodox Christianity which prevailed in the Christian lands nearest to the heathen regions of Araby whence Mohammed hailed. Actually, the notion of female seclusion, including veiling, was largely copied by both Orthodox Christians and Muslims from the Sassanian culture of Persia, based on Zoroastrianism. Although some Greek city-states, such as Athens, had something similar, the notion was quite foreign to Roman culture.
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06/10/2002 7:11:23 PM PDT by
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To: The_Reader_David
was copied from the Orthodox I think that mankind learned to breathe from the orthodox. What next, david,did those blacks flying around the Pyramids copy that ability from the orthodox?
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