Chador has roots in Christian society and Culture

[M.Dancer]

Next door in Iran, Shia women were forced to wear the long black chadors, which leave only the face uncovered, as a symbol of religious devotion after the Islamic revolution in 1979.

But the chadors originated with upper-class Persian Christians or Hindus several centuries ago, who wore it to distinguish themselves from their social inferiors.

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