> Or the fact that ceremonial graduation garb in the EU and US, from the robes to the caps, is also based in Arab tradition. This particular "fact" is in error

> Or the fact that ceremonial graduation garb in the EU and US, from the robes to the caps, is also based in Arab tradition. This particular "fact" is in error unless you believe Medieval Christian monks copied Arabic dress. Academic dress in the US derives from Oxford and Cambridge, which was developed from extremely common clerical garb of the Middle Ages. Arabic dress is not necessarily black, but also white and dyed colors, are shaped differently than academic dress and have a trim never seen in academic dress. The two types of dress have origins distinct from each other. They may both belong to a larger category of robes, but the similarity ends there.