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The Impact Of Islam In The Middle East And Asia

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The impact of Islam in the Middle East and Asia and their government and culture were both similar and yet very contrasting. Some Comparison made in both of their culture would be how both had a similar patriarchal control over women. In the Middle East they had veiling of women, in which women must wear a headscarf or veil to show modesty when around males that weren’t their relatives, and could only be seen without it when near her family and/or husband. In Asia they had foot binding which is the process of when a young girl’s mother wraps her foot around the age of five years old to make it look similar to a lotus bud. This was because it was to help the daughters find good husbands and have good marriages and noble families could have more
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