“It is ridiculous to see people clamoring at the pulpit, speaking loudly and at length about morals and ethics. Yet at the same time, he forgets to wear clothes and exposes his privates in public without shame.”

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“Beliefs & practices are the core of Islam. Yet, Islam is not considered complete without ethics and morals.”

Mohammed Alkobaisi (1970) Iraqi Islamic scholar

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“It is not appropriate for people to talk about morals and ethics when they cannot put the value of morals and ethics on themselves.”

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“The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own taste without shame or fear. It is a sort of heroism.”

Patrick Swift (1927–1983) British artist

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“Jaipal “was publicly exposed at one of the slave-auctions in some market in Khurasan, just like the thousands of other Hindu captives… (He) was paraded about so that his sons and chieftains might see him in that condition of shame, bonds and disgrace… inflicting upon him the public indignity of ‘commingling him in one common servitude.””

Jayapala (964–1001) Ruler of the Kabal Shabi

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“In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would speak loudly and slowly in his own language.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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“In a public figure, if he tries to put himself out as a man of great virtue then it is justified in exposing him. If he has a little mistress tucked away or frequents massage parlours, then it's his business. But if he in addition preaches morality then I think he should be exposed.”

Khushwant Singh (1915–2014) Indian novelist and journalist

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“Man in early times was almost naked, and as his intellect evolved he started wearing clothes. What I am today and what I’m wearing represents the highest level of thought and civilization that man has achieved, and is not regressive. It’s the removal of clothes again that is regressive back to ancient times.”

Tawakkol Karman (1979) Yemeni journalist, politician, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

One of Karman's widely distributed quotes has stirred passion in many, even to the point that they lie and claim she took the hijab off! When asked about her hijab by journalists and how it is not proportionate with her level of intellect and education.
Evidence: http://www.hautehijab.com/blogs/hijab-fashion/4966602-tawakkul-karman-first-arab-woman-and-youngest-nobel-peace-laureate
2010s, Tawakul Karman, Yemeni activist, and thorn in the side of Saleh (2011)

“I realized that all forms of religion are masks that the divine wears to communicate with us. Behind all religions there’s a reality, and this reality wears whatever clothes it needs to speak to a particular people.”

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924–2014) American writer and activist, Jewish Renewal movement pioneer

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“[When asked if he sees the future with people wearing shirts with his face on it]”

Noel Fielding (1973) British comedian and actor

I’d like that, yeah. Teenage girls with my face on their breasts. Is that what you want me to say? [...] I’d like it. Everyone would like it. I think everyone should be made to wear body-suits which are collages of my face.
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“I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

“It is ridiculous to see people clamoring at the pulpit, speaking loudly and at length about morals and ethics. Yet at the same time, he forgets to wear clothes and exposes his privates in public without shame.”

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