[enceladus06]

Or they could get out of the middle ages and stop caring if women cover their hair?

[Grimblewald]

If the USA is any indication, getting out and staying out of religious extremism and hyper-conservatism is actually quite hard to do long term.

[ashoeafoot]

They can't the inability to form strong institutions is baked in. And if you have no law, beyond the state/family-head rules this or that, you cant reform and renorm.