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Issue and Judgements
This particular essay shall de dealing with the issue of the Islamic form of modesty and
the judgement levelled against it is that it instead of protecting women from sexual predators and
respecting them tends to victimize and sexualize them even more. It goes both ways, the idea of
either covering women or allowing them the liberty to dress skimpily, it has always been from
the perspective of the convenience and desires of the men (Brown & Osman, 2017).
Thesis Statement
The thesis statement for this particular essay shall be to substantiate the fact that the
Islamic expectation of women to observe modesty by means of covering themselves as much as
possible in order to safeguard themselves from sexual predators and for the sake of maintaining
their honour is but a farsical and archaic principle which puts the onus of blame on women for
their predicament. The arguments shall be basically based on the context of Egypt.
Context of the Issue
In the current context the issue of sexual harrassment of women in the Islamic world and
most surprisingly in the holiest pilgrimage site of the muslims, the Masjid Al Haram of Mecca
proves that no matter how much a women covers herself up, she is still likely to get harassed
(Abdelmonem, 2015).
In this the degrading practice of Taharrush Jamai of Egypt, and the rising cases of sexual
harassments of women in the country post the Arab Spring of 2013 as a means of disciplining
women and subjugating them must be mentioned. This substantiates that modesty and prevention
of sexual harassments are not directly proportional to each other (Abdelmonem, 2015).