Originally posted by: Zairean
I would like to put it out to you, religion changes its form owing to the modern world. Just ages ago wearing burkha for a muslim woman was most essential in almost every part of the world. But now owing it to the changes taking place in the modern world, many women prefer not wear it. In any sense it doesn't make one disrespectful of their religion. Above all change is the only thing which is uniform. Even if you take for hindu religion, sati, child marriage etc are banned as they were considered social evils. But if you trace back to just 2-3 centuries back, they were the core values of hindu religion of Rajputana and other parts of India. See, changes are constant even in something as sacred as religion, we adopt according to our wishes. Be it being conservative or not, is your call, but restricting everyone on the basis of some old beliefs is uncalled for.
After all these all are human created beliefs and customs!