Every so often, we see pictures of people in Middle Eastern countries looking super-western and modern. When did the ME become super-conservative?

by IdiotII

We see pictures from the 60s of people in Iran wearing what hippies in America wore. We saw pictures of the Bin Laden family (with Osama before he became a fundamentalist and murderous terrorist) wearing jeans and T-shirts. When did this all change, and why?

duosharp

Not to discourage further answers, but /u/yodatsracist gave a great response here!