One day we all have to stand before the Almighty and be accountable for our deeds and our verdicts given....
English translation “O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters, and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their body (when outside home); that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molestated. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful†(Quran 33:59)
“ And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty;that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband’s fathers, their sons…†(Al-Quran 24:31)
Hijab in Christianity
Deuteronomy 22:5
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man; neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abominations unto the LORD thy God.
I Timothy 2:9
And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes.
I Corinthians 11:5-6
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
Hijab in Hinduism
Rig Veda Book no. 8 Hymn no. 33 V. no. 19:
“When Brahma has made you a woman, you should lower your gaze and should not look up. You should put your feet together and you should not reveal what the garment and the veil conceals.â€
Rig Veda Book no. 10 Hymn no. 85 V. no.30:
“Unlovely is the person is the husband who covers his thighs with the garment of his wife.â€
Mahavir Charitra Act 2 Page 71:
When Purshuram comes, Rama tells his wife Sita that “He is our elder, please lower your gaze, and put on the veil.â€
If you read historical books, the books talking about the Coin Age, the Age of the Gupta and the post Gupta age, there are coins , on which there are pictures of the Indian woman wearing the veils and the veil are going up to their shoulders, some go up to the arms. There are many Indian women in the villages who wear the veils; some of the women even cover their faces.
We must be impartial in giving judgment, otherwise Allah will catch us one day...The verdict/judgment should coincide with the extent of sins committed...