Sentence examples for principle of modesty from inspiring English sources

They both refer to the principle of modesty, and for some are a statement of religious and cultural identity.

The term can most accurately be conceived of as a principle of modesty, including rules of dress and behavior for both men and women.

Ausma Khan, editor of Muslim Girl, a magazine for Muslim teens in the United States and Canada, says, "In America we're seeing an evolution where the governing principle of modesty remains the same, but at the same time it is incorporating contemporary styles of dressing".

For many Muslim women, the decision to don the hijab — a head covering typically worn after puberty, in order to observe the Islamic principles of modesty and privacy — is born of private self-reflection.

Rashid recently posted a long and informative series of tweets explaining that the Quran commands men, as well as women, to observe hijab rules ― that is, principles of modesty.

On top of that, trying to adhere to Islamic principles of modesty, in the form of both modest dress and modest behavior, seemed completely against the mainstream culture which told young women that our value was based on looking sexy all the time and attracting the attention of the opposite gender.

By then in his early seventies, Mao showed that he was very much alive and, to those who chose to see it that way, challenging old Confucian principles of physical modesty and humility.

The principles of privacy, modesty, and hospitality are central to these guidelines; each principle has a significant effect on the design of Muslim homes, as well as on the organization of space and domestic behaviors within each home.

But the professor would, I suspect, quickly shrug off such a custodial title – not out of modesty, but principle.

Robbie ducked his head out of modesty.

Overall, there is a sense of modesty.