Comment Re:It's a shame (Score 3, Informative) 81
I'd say you haven't been to Morocco either.
They are quite a liberal and progressive country, women regularly go without hair coverings, and don't need to be escorted by a male relation at all.
In fact the majority of 'Muslim majority countries', i.e. Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Jordan... etc are similar.
The main current exeption is Iran.. which I'd argue is more due to their totalitarian regime trying to oppress women, than for any strictly religious reasons.