Re: When fashion becomes vulgarity ...
I love when scholars like us discuss religion and politics!
Assessment and judgment should start with self-assessment. As muslims, pointing fingers and proving our point is not the only job we are assigned to do. We are all astray from the right path, to different degrees. Creating a perfect society by example is far more noble than issuing fatwas and pointing fingers.
Just because I decide to dress a certain way does not automatically rises me above the rest of the humanity. Outlook is not character, it is a component of character. I do not have anything to hold againt hijabi's - except that some of the brightest examples of double-standards and self righteousness I have come across have been hijabis. Not to mention those who have taken up a hijab or even shuttle cock to conceal their actual character.
We all have our own standards and understanding, and if we focus more on getting our own heads straight - again not just the dressing but following islam to the extent that it makes us worthy of questioning somebody else's actions - and learn to lead by example and not by rubbing it in people's faces, we will inshallah create an islamic society. Although, considering our own selfish reasons, I doubt if we really want that.
"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her".