Re: UK hospital introduced world's first burqa-style hospital gowns
First of all the Hijab and burka is not a part of Islam
Its a Persian tradition that Arabs adopted to subjugate their women
So this has nothing to do with Islam but its an Arab costume and by definition anything Arab becomes the official dress of Muslims
Covering for the women is a command given in the Quran and the Ahadith...What you are quoting is some non-Muslim's version of what he thinks Islam should and should not be...
Muslim women around the world haven't been covering themselves for the past 1500 or so years because it was a Persian tradition...