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From: whaddara@kean.ucs.mun.ca
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Subject: Dress Codes in Islam ....
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Date: 5 Apr 91 04:42:54 GMT
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[Note by a moderator:  I am posting this submission by Wael again since due
to reasons unknown to me it showed up distorted the first time I
posted it.  Hopefully, it'll turn out all right this time.  -Behnam ]
 
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        In a previous article Anoosh Husseini writes regarding
some African societies who have a very lax dress code but who are
also relatively free of 'social crimes'. I would
be indebted to him if he would mention the names of a couple
of those societies, since I seem to recall that the problem
with AIDS in Africa is that people have a very lax moral code.
This is to the extent that *heterosexual* transmission of AIDS
has become much more of a problem than *homosexual* spread.
This would seem to indicate a problem. At least to me .
The issue that I'm trying to adress is that Islam is not an irrational
religion, especially as regards social restrictions. When a ruling has
been made in Islam you could expect that breaking that rule will bring
adverse consequences. This applies to such varied things from 'moral'
behaviour and relations between the sexes to alcohol consumption.
 
 
Wael M. R. Haddara
School of Pharmacy
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland
Canada
All disclaimers apply. I'm only a student :-)