I don't know how you can compare the two. First of all, most Orthodox women who wear wigs don't shave their heads anymore. Often, the wigs they wear are more beautiful than their real hair. (I know that defeats the purpose. I don't understand it either.) However, women in Afghanistan would cover not only their entire bodies, but actually wear a net over their faces, so that even their eyes wouldn't show! Some women show only their eyes. When I see women dressed like that in America, I have to restrain myself from going over and asking them why they have to wear that humiliating costume here, in a place of freedom.
And don't tell me that Saudi Arabia is the only Arab country that oppresses women. How about honor killings? How about a man throwing acid in a relative's face if she looks at or talks to a man?
What would you say to these women in Israel?
Try again, that's a picture of kids and parents wearing costumes for a Purim festival. Pathetic.
So these Jewish women are waiting for the festival to start and they are also making fun of Muslim women? You people are so pathetic. LOL You make fools of yourselves trying to defend just about anything a Jew does.
What makes you think they are Jewish women? This may surprise you but it's a common sight in Israel to see Jews and Arabs/Muslims next to each other. Perhaps they're waiting at a bus-stop. You don't provide any context for the photo and just tell us they're Jewish women, when Jewish women don't dress that way.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women proudly dress modestly in order not to attract attention of men who are not their husband. Just in case if you think that Muslims are the only one who wears Burqa. Here is Haredi burka Jewish sect that observe more stricter Veil than Muslims.
Now, in some ultra-Orthodox Jewish sects, women have gone to a new level of modesty by covering their whole body and face.
According to Wikipedia the sect is called “Haredi burka sect” or “Taliban mothers”. Many of these families dress their young girls of all ages with the same full dress garb, except for the face veil. This modest ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, is concentrated mainly in Israel, in which ultra-Orthodox Jewish women feel that modesty requires covering their entire body burqa-style, including a veil that covers the face.
The garment, which is more like a burka niqab, is also called frumka, a play on the word frum (Yiddish for the devotee) and the burka. This ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, is estimated to have started out with about 100 women in 2008, and grew to several hundred in 2011. To date, there are about 30,000 women who wear shawls, according to Rabbi David Benizri. The group mainly resides in the city of Beit Shemesh.
“This dress code was adopted due to concerns about the state of deterioration of modesty in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community,” Rabbi Benizri said.
“The rabbi explained to us the benefits of Jewish women dressing modestly. We leave our body for our husbands and we don’t want to share our bodies with others,” Saari Rothberg, 22, who proudly wears the Jewish burqa in Beit Shemesh, Israel told YourJewishNews.com.
Proudly vield Jewish women
