text: another question for muslim women? some people say that women in the muslim culture are treated with more respect than a woman in the west, such as the u.s.  to most american women that seems very doubtful. can you explain how in your culture, you are given respect by men? well, in islam women are told to cover their bodies with appropriate clothing wich is not revealing & appealing to men.  where as women are free to do what they want in us. & that is the difference!.   women wear anything they want... revealing or what is sexy etc...  like bikinis, mini-skirts, tight jeans & short shirts, or low cut shirts, revealing their cleavage & bikini revealing nearly their entire body... which make then notthing more than a "sex object"  here in islam, it is a saying, of prophet muhammad(pbuh), that the woman who wears tight fitting clothes will not be able to even smell the heavenly odour of heaven. that woman will not even b able to come even 500 yards away from the door of heaven....   note that the clothing is just tight fitting(which can show body cuts, highlight hipps,highlight breasts etc..) nothing is said about revealing skin....  so if just tightfitting clothes can make women suffer like this, how much can make them suffer if they wear skinrevealing cleavage revealing, panty revealing clothes etc..!  strict rules for all in islam is just for their own good will...  neither the women will wear revealing clothes or tight fitting clothes nor they will be gazed by men as "sex objects".. nor there will be sexuall abuses.. etc...  that is why there is hell lot of sexuall abuse in us alone    than all over muslim countries....  even in college, where young boys & girls go for study, the girls are sexually harrassed by either their classmate boys or their teachers....  so wearing viel infact increases muslim womens' protection against sexuall abuse.  & they are respected & are considered pure, not  a "sex object:   well this is how a women is respected & taken care off in islam.  this is only one aspect of islam for making people respect women...   one other is that  prophet muhammad pbuh said, heaven is under mothers' feet. meaning that if u support & obey ur mother & take care when she is old, u r eligible for entering heaven...  where as mothers when they r old in us are kicked out of the sons/daughters house & are sent to old houses....  so islam helps respect women in many ways, of which only 2 of them i have written here.. if i start writing 2 more aspects of women in islam, it will become very long to read & digest... so i stop here...   keep it in mind that here are only 2 aspects ,  there are many more aspects which really make sense. like veil reducing chances of sexual abuse & help keeping  bad eyes off from women... etc.etc... islam is truely a great religion in every aspect.!