Re: So why then?
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Submitted by Kenneth W. Regan, Aug 15, 2013 20:30

It comes from a "hadith"---a saying from the years after the Quran---that women should cover "all but the eyes", which some take further to mean cover the eyes too. Nothing so specific is in the Quran at all.

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    Kenneth W. Regan 

    Aug 15, 2013 20:30

    So, why then? [32 words]

     

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