Barnard17

Ok, cool, but don't say that they don't. Make a claim, back it up with research. Using emotionally charged descriptions of arranged marriages is hardly accurate, not all parents use it as some obscure way of selling off their children to get a good dowry. There isn't a "dating" culture in many Muslim countries, there isn't the same attitude to the issue. In the same vein plenty of western women who have become Muslim have taken to wearing the hijab and feel it liberates them from the perverted gaze of men. Yes in some cultures women are forced to wear it, but there's a flipside to the coin.

I also like that people seemed to ignore the text of the article and just read the headline and looked at the pictures: "Apparently they will not need to wear the black chador - instead their uniform will consist of trousers and a long coat, and maybe even a ski suit, depending on the mission."