Burqinis
85 years ago women in America were very modest when they went swimming on public beaches wearing one-piece swimsuits as pictured here. Amazingly, if any Muslim woman today were to wear this outrageously, sexual, sensual, revealing, inviting outfit she would be raped by strangers, stoned by relatives, and arrested by Islamic authorities.
A tip of the turban to Layla at The Hill Chronicles for exposing or rather showing us the coverup in Muslim women's swimwear fashions, Excerpt: How sad that these women and men have no faith in one another to do the right thing that they must dictate to women how to dress. Well there goes trust out the window, but then there is no trust amongst Muslims–especially when it comes to the women.
Modesty dressing on the beach is not the only thing keeping Muslim women from enjoying the freedom Western women have, it also keeps them from participating fully in Olympic sports:
Austin Cline's Agnosticism / Atheism Blog,
Muslim Women, Islamic Dress, and Olympic SportsBreaking these customs has gotten at least one female Olympian into trouble. In 1992, Hassiba Boulmerka of Algeria was wearing contemporary running shorts when she won the 1,500-meter race. She was later denounced by critics at home for "running with naked legs in front of thousands of men." Still, would Boulmerka have won the gold if she had run the 1,500-meters dressed in traditional Islamic clothing? In most sports, Islamic robes and head scarves would make it impossible for an athlete to perform at her best.