Islam IS the true religion of humanity.

[KichigaiNeko]

That, I am to understand is NOT the case. And MY European/ Australian intuition claims the same BUT.

You and I both don't KNOW what it is like living in a desert country and how these very garments help the body to survive.

So, to claim or intimate "vanity" as the sole driving force for the niqab and burka I am thinking is disingenuous

Yes, these garments do help them survive. Present day Tuareg still use them, even the males cover their faces, leaving only the eyes for obvious reasons...
But if you live in some village I don't think there would be that much of a reason to use so much covering to go from one abode to the neighbour's, unless some vanity was involved... Or the men forced it to keep women pretty
Thus allowing the "social" aspect of always wearing it outside to creep into their psyche...

It has never been disputed that the niqab and burka are cultural (at least by those in the west) and yes it IS saddening to see it seep into the psyche of females of these middle eastern regions where this garment is NOT a requirement but a cultural law.

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Hmm, I do not treat women like meat. You keep talking about how clothing is to prevent men from raping. How does this work? Horny men cannot control themselves in that society?

Apparently so.......as we are told by their mullahs, shiekhs, kommenis and imams.