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Originally Posted by Caroline_afifi
Christians are not expected to cover their hair so this is not nessesary to do so and you are not showing respect by doing this, unless it is to a place were you are required too (and there are not many). Most visits to Mosques do not require covering your head either.
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Now that's interesting. Just to check my understanding, is the distinction that covering the hair is a religious symbol therefore if you are not of that religion it is not appropriate? I had thought it was more similar to entering churches in places like Sicilly where you have to cover your arms else a nun comes and tuts at you (and then removes you). So would covering the head as a christian (or any other religion) entering a mosque be more akin to a muslim putting on a crucifix to enter a church?