[Adwetyren]

I'm not sure whether wearing a suit is "less Islamic" than wearing a "shalwaar kameez" for an Indo-Pak Muslim as shalwaar kameez comes from a non-Muslim culture too - Hindus. In fact the Qur'an in sura Yusuf mentions a shirt Hadhrat Yusuf was wearing so it looks like a shirt was the norm?

Is not the idea basically modest dress - provided Western dress / suit is loose, covers the 'awrah and (as Hamza Yusuf said in a lecture that Western clothing is tight around the privates) does not define the private region - any culture's "dress" is OK? Why do many Muslims eat Indian curry because you are then copying Hindu culture?

Back to my original question - it would be nice if ZN could on the odd special occasion wear something different just like many "scholars". Anyway come to think of it Tariq Ramadan always wears Western suits as well!