Hey there
First of all, you seem to have misinterpreted the passage. I’m a Catholic and I don’t wear any sort of head coverings while I’m at Church for the following reasons:
- The Bible does not state that women “should” cover their head for “modesty”; it’s a sign of honour and glory. Nowhere in the whole passage does it even mention the word “modesty”. St Paul even says that a ‘women’s hair is her glory’ so covering it would definitely not be an act of modesty. Modest clothing is only mentioned a few times in the Bible and none of them say what women should or shouldn’t wear or how much skin women can show
- Secondly, you have missed the context of this. This was a letter of St Paul to the Corinthians about head coverings when a woman PRAYS. Not about day to day life
- Even if it is for praying, few, if any, wear head coverings at Church here in the UK. This is because, as I said, this was written by St Paul. It is not a commandment from the Lord. St Paul was an apostle. Apostles were humans and made mistakes. Just like St Peter did when he denied Jesus 3 times. This shows that apostles can also be wrong
- Jesus, who we are told to follow, said the first and greatest commandment is that “you shall love God” and the second is “love your neighbour as you love yourself. On these two commandments hang ALL the law and ALL the prophets”. Christians are called to follow God’s commandments and these two are the only ones you need to follow. For if you follow these you will automatically be following all others
- Lastly the Bible is definitely not “more strict” and doesn’t “demand” women to wear headscarfs. Headscarfs are not at all mentioned! You have cut this passage short. St Paul goes onto say that men are not allowed to have long hair and women should have long hair. “For long hair is given to her as a covering”. Long hair! That’s right, St Paul is talking about women’s long hair as her covering. All through the passage he talks about how women should cover their HEAD not their HAIR. And our head covering is our hair
I think there’s more stigma around Muslim women because Christian women are not commanded to do so but Muslim women are. And in some countries they are required by law to wear one which goes against their freedom because there are still women who doesn’t want to wear it but are forced to.
Hope this helps
If you have anymore questions, feel free to PM me x