Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
I don’t remember that we have said anything meaningful to you John, You have claimed that women are free to dress the way they like and at the same time you are trying hard to prove that Islam degraded women by keeping them under the veil. Think the way you wish, this will never change the fact that men and women in Islam are equal but they are not identical.
Here is an example given by Muslim Scholars might help you understand.
Suppose in a classroom 2 students, student ‘A’ and ‘B’, during an examination both come out first - Both secure 80% marks - 80 out of 100
Out of the hundreds of students, 2 come out first ‘A’ and ‘B’
When you analyze the question paper, the question paper has 10 different questions, each carrying 10 marks.
In question 1 student ‘A’ got <b>9 out of 10</b>, and student ‘B’ got <b>7 out of 10 </b> - So <i>in question 1</i> student ‘A’ was <b>higher</b> than student ‘B’.
In question 2, student ‘A’ got <b>7 out of 10 </b> and student ‘B’ got <b>9 out of 10</b>, so student ‘B’ was <b>higher</b> than student ‘A’ <i>in question number 2</i>.
In question 3 <b>both of them got 8 out of 10</b>, both were equal
<b>So when we add up the marks of all the ten questions, both student ‘A’ and ‘B’ got 80 out of 100 </b>
<b>So in short, student ‘A’ and student ‘B’ are over all equal </b>
<b>In some question ‘A’ is higher than ‘B’, in some question ‘B’ is higher than ‘A’, in others both are equal </b>
Salam
Wael.
