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Many Islamic countries require women to wear clothes that do not flaunt or define their bodies in any form. In certain countries such as Iran, additional clothing is required especially when engaging in religious or outdoor activities. Iranian women are known to wear a chador or a loose black robe that covers the body from head to toe. Iranian women in specific have covered themselves for centuries due to religious and family traditions but after the revolutionary government of Iran enforced the wearing of the veil and began restricting women’s rights, the veil or covering of the body represented something very different and changed the meaning of the act all together.
Women of Iran and other Muslim countries do not oppose the acts that their religious traditions have installed upon them for generations however; they do have a problem when these “traditions” are manipulated and altered for strict regulations and repression against the female gender in their cultures.......

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