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Faith Travels, Cultures Don't In The Weekly TV Program Islam and Life

by Dr. Tariq Ramadan: An Interview With Sister Sarah

Sarah Joseph: Yes, because cultures change organically over a period of time, and I think if we look at Islam for all people, for all time, we can think of it in two ways: because it replicates seventh-century Arabia, so we import seventh century Arabia all around the world. I don’t think that’s the Islamic principle. Or the second way because it generates, based on ethics and values, the principle of modesty and modest behavior. At the end of the day, the scarf is an outward sign of an inward feeling, so it's a feeling of a modest behavior which you try to demonstrate externally through the scarf.

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