[RJS1950]

The covering dress code and the veil predates islam and was a cultural custom.

[cuban leaf]

—The covering dress code and the veil predates islam and was a cultural custom.—

Precisely.

[skeeter]

The covering dress code and the veil predates islam and was a cultural custom.

Perhaps, but by her own words this woman wasn't wearing the garment because it is traditional, she is wearing because its part of her religion, so it really doesn't matter what arabs did 1800 years ago.