Let us, for example, take a look at Roman Catholic standards for modesty before we examine Islam:
THE MARYLIKE STANDARDS FOR MODESTY IN DRESS
WHAT ARE THE MARYLIKE STANDARDS?
"A dress cannot be called decent which is cut deeper than two fingers' breadth under the pit of the throat;; which does not cover the arms at least to the elbows; and scarcely reaches a bit beyond the knees. Furthermore, dresses of transparent material are improper." (The Cardinal vicar of Pope Pius XI)
1. Marylike is modest without compromise, "like Mary", Christ's Mother.
2. Marylike dresses have sleeves extending at least to the elbows; and skirts reaching below the knees. (NOTE: Because of market conditions, quarter-length sleeves are temporarily tolerated with Ecclesiastical Approval, until Christian womanhood again turns to Mary as the model of modesty in dress.)
3. Marylike dresses require full coverage for the bodice, chest, shoulders and back; except for a cut-out about the neck not exceeding two inches below the neckline in front and in the back, and a corresponding two inches on the shoulders.
4. Marylike dresses do not admit as modest coverage transparent fabrics, laces, nets, organdy, nylons, etc. unless sufficient backing is added. However, their moderate use as trimmings is acceptable.
5. Marylike dresses avoid the improper use of flesh colored fabrics.
6. Marylike dresses conceal rather than reveal the figure of the wearer; they do not emphasize, unduly, parts of the body.
7. Marylike dresses provide full coverage, even after jacket, cape or stole are removed and after assuming a sitting position.
But ... below the fold ...
Tsk! Tsk! Such a focus on women!
While Googling for an image of the phiz of Michael Toscano, one of the top lobbyists for the drone trade group Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), dear buddy of Representatives Buck McKeon, Republican of California, and Henry Cuellar, Democrat of Texas, what, to my wondering eyes, should appear but:
Michael Toscano
So, it would seem that the rather modest plea to be allowed to be modest by
Ayesha Nusratin today's New York Times is really, really humble, decent, moderate, limited, pick your definition.
All that Ms Nusrat wants to do is be Marylike ... and who has ever seen Mother Mary without a hijab.