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I try to dress accordingly...I would cover my head properly if going to the mosque, if going to the cinema I'd let my hair loose open.
Yes I'm a hypocrite.
ooh thats me.
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I don't think that's being a hypocrite, that's just ye showing some ehtraam for namaaz/masjid regardless of whether you cover your hair in daily life or not. When I went to Pakistan, I found it pathetic how people didn't respect azaan time. "Akhiyon se goli maray" being played in full volume, women not covering their heads with dupatta, people not shutting up for 2 minutes out of respect for azaan... seriously even my little cousins know this much etiquette. I don't think you can compare how you dress in daily life in any country to how you're supposed to dress inside a masjid or when offering prayer.
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masjid has its own dress code, requires a lot more respect and I would try to dress modestly and be fully covered when going there. In pakistan I always dressed in shalwar kameez and if I was going to a crowded shopping areas I would also cover my head.
Here I wear jeans casual stuff etc at home as well as outside but I never wear any body hugging clothes that show off my figure and I try to wear tops, shirts that at least cover 1/3 of my thighs.
I don't wear capris. Used to but no longer comfortable with them.
Culture, place and the kind of people around definitely make a difference for at the end of the day modesty is in the dressing which doesn't make oneself look prominent or attracts non-mehrams.
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I don't consider wearing a dupatta in a masjid but roaming around with open hair on other occasions etc. to be hypocritical. To me, it's about not disrupting the etiquette of a place and respecting the beliefs/mindset of people who visit that place and ensuring personal safety, in situations that apply.
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The WEIRDEST example I've seen was during Eid namaz.....which took place on the fairgrounds..this huge open field-like area. Anyhow...this woman arrives with a dupatta on her head and a long dress. BUT...the dress had spaghetti straps and the back of the dress (due to the straps) was cut pretty low. As a result you could see ALL of the back of her bra.....and so much of her BACK whenever she turned around. And from the front, you saw her bare shoulders and arms. What made it even weirder was that she came with a group of people...looked the same race as her...who were dressed according to Islamic guidelines. You would think that people who came with her (and they seemed like family) would help her dress according to the environment. I couldn't figure out if the woman was just THAT cluess or if she was mocking the situation.
Aren't women serving as eye candy at those places? Seriously, islam doesn't say that women have to be at jummah or eid prayers, so it seems like the former or some feminist undercurrent in the western muslimahs.
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Doesn’t say they shouldn’t be either (am pretty sure you’re not allowed to stop a woman if she wants to mosque as well).. Can’t see how it has anything to do with feminism 
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^ I believe I have read that a woman's prayer in a house is better (or equal) to a man praying in a masjid. You haven't told me any good reason that they absolutely should pray at an eid gah / friday prayers at masjid, so I can assume it is some stubbon feminism stint considering the kind of clothes I have seen women and girls wear at eid prayers.
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I dress for the weather, the place and the occassion. It necessitates that I wear something conservative, clean and proper when I enter the masjid, just like it is required of men. At home I'm dressed up like a bum, but when I go to someone's house or even in Pakistan, I'm not going to be lounging around in my pajamas, but instead will wear nice shalwar kameez (or whatever the fashion is, minus capris. I don't like 'em.) Going out with friends I'll probably dress up a bit more. And in any of those situations I need to carry a jacket, so be it. I'd rather have all my limbs.
Re: Do you wear whatever you want to or...
^ I believe I have read that a woman's prayer in a house is better (or equal) to a man praying in a masjid. You haven't told me any good reason that they absolutely should pray at an eid gah / friday prayers at masjid, so I can assume it is some stubbon feminism stint considering the kind of clothes I have seen women and girls wear at eid prayers.
I wouldn't call it stubborn feministic stint, I would call it ignorance and lack of care/being taught etiquette of prayer in a congregation/alone. It's the same reason why you will see some men wearing tshirts with graphics and other things written on them, even when that is strictly not allowed.