Sat, Jun 05, 2004 - Page 7 News List

Silence is the dress code for women

AP , NAJAF, IRAQ

Once a mullah walking toward me lifted his robe to avoid the mud, so I did the same. Wagging his finger, he yelled: "It's wrong to pull up your abaya!"

So why was it OK for him?

"I am a man of religion, that's different." he replied.

At one point, as I stood outside a mosque, a woman walked up and tried to rearrange my scarf for me. By then I was so frustrated that I lost my temper and tried to pull off her scarf.

She was stunned and appeared apologetic. She pointed to a man standing nearby and said he had told her to do it.

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