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@Jf Thunder indicated, the burqa is not from Islam. It comes from a Jewish sect.
And I find the overly pious ones to be cruel and regressive.
And Judaism, just like Christianity, is also a version of Islam. Islam is basically rules and laws of the Divine which were concluded. In Judaism and Christianity, they were not concluded.
As for your personal experience, I cannot deliberate. However, our Creator, our God, Allah has commanded us to be gentle with others and to take care of rights of others and hence anyone who is cruel is not adhering to Islam.
On being regressive, Islamic states were the most developed states before invasion by Mongols. The libraries of Baghdad alone are spoken of even today, there are many many discoveries and findings in Chemistry, Algebra, Arithmetic, Science, Medicine, Astronomy etc., which is credited to Muslims. Europe used to be the backward continent back then. We are on our downfall because we deviated from the teachings of Islam. So, again, if someone is regressive, he/she has deviated from Islam as Islam instructs us to get educated even under severe conditions.
the Maker never required a burkha to be pleased
in fact when appearing before the Maker in person, veiling one's face is forbidden
I don't think the face veil is enforced in Islam, maybe it is a personal decision. However, overall covering of the body without the face veil is commanded by Allah. Burkha is just a name associated with such covering but any decent clothing which covers the feminine attributes and reveal just the hands, feet and face are just as good for Allah.
Even though I am not supporting a bikini
but Clifton Karachi was quite liberal during the 60s and 70s to begin with
nowadays even wearing a normal shalwar qameez is thought to be immodest.
the fact is, we are losing our culture extremely fast, due to extremist Foreign influence,
I couldnt care less about the west, I am, and will continue to defend our culture and our dress
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and other neighboring countries were all very westernized back in the days. Iran changed after the revolution, Afghanistan changed after the invasion and rise of Talibaan. Pakistan changed after Zia took over.
A friend once said to me that they were Pakistani for 65 years, Muslims for 1400 years and Baloch for 5000 years and so their Baloch culture and values were dominant. However, Islam is dominant and should be the factor in our lives, our personal likes and dislikes are irrelevant. At the end of the day, we Muslims have faith on the life after death and so we are all answerable to Allah for our deeds, even for our posts supporting decency or otherwise.
Modest Shalwar Kameez are perfectly fine with dupatta when taken properly, I guess. However, we so very often come across women whose shalwar kameez are transparent and see through, or women who are wearing hip long kameez with tights which reveals their entire attribute; we come across women who wear sleeveless and long necks which further reveal the body and so on and so forth. But, when we compare those dresses with the commands of Allah, do they stand the test of piety and obedience of Allah?