It's pretty strange that Middle Eastern women always are linked with the "belly-dancer" stereotype (like Princess Jasmine) where they supposedly wear bikini tops and long, flowy pants because Muslim rules are so strict about women being modest, amirite?

+162 It's pretty strange that Middle Eastern women always are linked with the "belly-dancer" stereotype (like Princess Jasmine) where they supposedly wear bikini tops and long, flowy pants because Muslim rules are so strict about women being modest, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not to mention Islam isn't the only religion there. Arabism is very prominent and different from Islam as well as Sikism, etc.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Middle Eastern doesn't automatically mean Muslim -_-

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes and no. Islam is the largest religious group in the region and the state religion of almost all middle eastern countries. The Islamic state employ the Shari'a laws to Muslim and non-muslim populations alike. So, even if you are not a Muslim, if you live in any of the Islamic states, you live under Islamic law.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No it's not strange because unlike you, who only see what your country's news puts about Arab countries, I actually live in an Arab country and I'm Arab. Not all Arab countries are like Saudi Arabia, not all Arabs are muslims (even if a huge part of them are), and a lot of Muslim girls don't even wear a hijab (me being one of them). F.Y.I Shakira's Lebanese. (And for those who don't know, Lebanon's an Arab country, and there are more Christians living here in Lebanon than Muslims)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Maybe that's how they mostly dressed before Islam was created.

by Anonymous 12 years ago