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Now we don't have time to unpack all of this, but:

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in response to reader comment: Prostitutes had to wear hijab 7000 years ago

Submitted by Nise (United States), Jul 1, 2019 at 18:55

Actually the code of Hammurabi states that prostitutes weren't allowed to be veiled in public

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