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in some places men with beards and/or sunnah clothing might also get mugged, harrassed, beaten.

so should they shave it off and wear western clothing?

there is a reason why women are supposed to measure carefully why they are going out - niqab or not.

i do not have a comment for sh. keller's opinion.

could you compare being mugged or beaten to being raped. a man being attacked because of his islamic apearance is not the same as a women being attacked because she seems to be a virgin.

in the time of fitnah it becomes wajib to wear the niqaab but when the niqaab becomes the fitnah then its better to not wear it. if Im not mistaken that is the understanding of what came from sh Nuh. however sh Nuh does not speak to his female murids unless in niqaab. & all his female mureeds in Jordan do wear the niqaab