swag said:
An interesting, though external, parallel, for example has less to do with dress and more to do with social context. Just as in some Muslim circles it is unacceptable for a woman to be seen out in the public streets without a husband or male family member escort, in places like southern Italy it was (and still kind of is) notorious for women walking alone to be viewed as lewd and lascivious ... and worthy of men's (often undesired) advances.
In Indonesia, where the majority of muslim population exists, I can say perhaps only 50% wear the hijab, or jilbab as they are called here.
There are debates about obligating the Hijab, but for the momment, its not a legal obligation.
