@coldjoint,
Quote:Some examples please. The Hadith clearly shows a monster.
Lets look at this from a purely objective point of view. What stops the Devil from interfering with the process that God has in mind. Such as recording what we are supposed to do....but God gave us intelligence and a sense of what is right and wrong. That is our main weapons against evil, not parroting verse.
Lets take the example of when Mohammed was crossing the desert and one of his wives realised she had left a locket at the oasis. She went back to get it and when she returned to the caravan she was with a young man who had been looking for Mohammed. They were laughing and enjoying their youth together. The elders wanted to put them both to death for "obvious" fornication. The two were stunned. They were innocent. Mohammed changed to law to say there must be witnesses.
The actual quote of Mohammed that is used to justify covering women is about not appearing as a prostitute. They would wear very heavy jewelry and expose a leg out of their dress, along with make up and would make gestures with their lips and eyes. Working women would have their hair covered as it was too hard to get the dirt out unless you had your days free like prostitutes. Mohammed wanted ordinary women to avoid any appearance of a prostitute to avoid rape and rumours. He said women had to dress the same as ordinary women around them. Brought into modern context, I think he would have been happy to see women in jeans, a full top and the hair tied back.