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[|video]By: Julia Dexter and Yeonjae Park =IslamIC Clothing in Saudi Arabia= toc Clothing in Saudi Arabia varies from other Muslim countries.Similarly, men and women are both expected to dress in modest clothing. They usually followed strictly to the rules of hijab, the Islamic principle of modesty. Traditionally, men wore thawbs, ankle length skirts made out of wool and cotton with keffiyet, a large checkered square of cotton held by cord of coil or a ghutra, a plain white square of finer cotton held by a cord of coil on their heads. Now, men don't need to dress in traditional clothing, but should wear long pants and a shirt (long-sleeve) buttoned up to the collar. Usually on business meetings, they are required to wear and tie. They should also avoid wearing visible necklaces and other jewelery. Women should also dress modestly in public. They should never show bare stomachs, shoulders, calves, and thighs. None of their body should be showing, besides their eyes. Women are usually covered from head to toe by an abaya, a large black robe that covers every part of a woman's body. Women should wear black veils and gloves to make sure that none of their body is showing. The look of baggy concealment of their body should be the goal for women. For children, they do not need to wear the modest clothing of their parents until they reach adolescence. Most children do not like to be covered, so they leave their abayas unbuttoned and don't cover their heads. =source?= =IslamIC Clothing in Afghanistan=

Similar to Saudi Arabia, people in Afghanistan also dress modestly, following the beliefs of Islam strictly. Usually, both men and women dress in loose clothing to hide the shape of their bodies. By tradition, women dressed in lose fitting clothes, such as trousers, with a headscarf while they were working. Normally, when women were not doing any business related activities, they would wear a long dress with a round skirt or pants that are calasped close to their ankles. The pieces of clothing that women traditionally wore were the pants (tombaan), an overdress (parahaan), a headcovering (chaadar), and footwear (payzaar). Though women are not allowed to wear much colors, the colors they did wear resembled the flag. Men, on the other hand, often wore constructive shoes and suits with long shirts and trousers. Customarily, men wore a hat (pakol), a turban (lungee), and a coat (chapan). Now, women wear the burqa, abaya, and hijab, like many other women living in other Muslim countries. The burqa reaches to the knee in the front and to the ankle in the back. Also, women are only allowed to wear black shoes because white shoes are believed to be disrespectful. Most clothing Islamic clothing in Afghanistan are made of cotton, wool, or silk.

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=Allowed Clothing in Iran for Muslims=

In Iran, the clothing restrictions for Muslims is less strict than other Muslim countries, like Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. Although both men and women are expected to dress modestly, it is only advised to cover their bodies. Iranians view women's hair as errotic, so women should cover up their hair, although whisps of hair are allowed to frame a women's face. Women wear chadors, semi-circular pieces of dark clothing wrapped around the body and gathered at their chins. It provides privacy because women can then wear anything they want underneath the chador. When women are in private, with their families, they can wear daring clothing, which are often forbidden in public because it is not modest. Usually, legs are covered down to their ankles, although feet are allowed to be shown. Tight jeans are mostly allowed, along with hats and scarfs. For men, ties and bows are allowed.

=Restriction of Muslim Clothing in Iran= Although there is more variety in the clothing allowed in Iran, there are some specific pieces that are restricted. For men, they should not wear tight pants, shorts, short sleeve shirts, or open collars. They should keep to modest clothing by not showing their are arms and legs. For women, although the rules are less strict in the design of the clothing, women should wear chadors or manteaus in public or in the presence of an unfamiliar man. Usually, women wear the manteau (the uniform), a black, long, and shapeless trench coat worn over long pants, which usually completely covered the shape of the body. But, sometimes women dress it up by wearing it more fitted, colorful, hemmed shorter, sleeves pushed up, or embroidered and beaded. Women should also wear the chador if they do not wear the manteau, which is a black cloak covering the head and body. However, since the chador covers what women are wearing underneath, women usually wear more fashionable clothing underneath. They wear tight jeans, black heels, and earrings. Nail polish and sunglasses were also worn occasionally.
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