Egypt may ban women from wearing Islamic face veils

[Sally]

It's laughable how the face veil might be banned because "it has Jewish roots."

Egypt may ban women from wearing Islamic face veils
Carey Lodge CHRISTIAN TODAY JOURNALIST 10 March 2016
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Many Egyptian Muslim women choose to wear the veil, or niqab, in public or in front of men.
Egypt could ban women from wearing the Muslim face veil in public places under draft legislation currently being written in the Muslim-majority country.

Many Egyptian Muslim women choose to wear the veil, or niqab, in public or in front of men. The proposed ban would be upheld in public places and government institutions, according to the Independent.

MP Amna Nosseir, professor of comparative jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, announced that the Egyptian Parliament was drafting the law on Monday. She said the niqab is non-Islamic in origin, instead claiming it has Jewish roots. It is not required by Sharia law, she added.

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[aris2chat]

good

 

[waltky]

Yea...

... Uncle Ferd wants to know...

... when a woman is givin' him the evil eye.

 

[montelatici]

Excellent, the West should do the same, but also ban the headscarf as a symbol of adherence to the Muslim religion.