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Though 2 year old report and not related to present issue, but i thought to share it. inshallah something like this will happen to the present planning to ban niqab too.
Local officials of Egypt’s religious affairs ministry have refused to apply a circular issued by the minister ordering any murshidat (female preachers) wearing the full-face niqab to be removed from mosques and put to administrative tasks. The aim of the measure, according to the independent daily al-Masri al-Yom was to ensure that the recently appointed woman preachers did not contribute to spreading too strict or radical an interpretation of Islam. “How can we stop these women carrying out their job and punish them for virtuous behaviour, according to the precepts of the Koran?” one mosque official told the paper.
“The minister is contradicting himself” said another. “First he praises ihtisham (feminine modesty) then he asks women wearing the niqab to be removed from the mosques.”
In recent months, the minister, Mohammed Hamdi Zaqzouq, has been at the centre of controversy for his comments that the niqab, which covers the face to the shoulders revealing only the eyes, is a traditional costume rather than a religious precept. He has made it clear he does not want it encouraged in mosques.
For his part Mohammed Sayyed al-Tantawi, the lead of Al Azhar, the main theological authority in Sunni Islam, has repeated that “the niqab falls within the category of personal freedom”.
“Inside al-Azhar no woman is forbidden from wearing the niqab; it is a personal choice and no one can ban its use.”
Elsewhere, "I don't see any good reason for this questionable attack against Muslim outfits, including the niqab," said a fully veiled woman employee at the Ministry of Waqfs, who gave her name only as Soad.
"This campaign is a waste of public money. What harm is there for wearing the niqab?" she added.
Soad, who said she has been wearing the niqab since getting married five years ago, urges the authorities to shift focus to scantily clad girls. "These girls deserve more attention than the niqab wearers because after all they are the ones who arouse men's desires."
http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=876
Though 2 year old report and not related to present issue, but i thought to share it. inshallah something like this will happen to the present planning to ban niqab too.
Local officials of Egypt’s religious affairs ministry have refused to apply a circular issued by the minister ordering any murshidat (female preachers) wearing the full-face niqab to be removed from mosques and put to administrative tasks. The aim of the measure, according to the independent daily al-Masri al-Yom was to ensure that the recently appointed woman preachers did not contribute to spreading too strict or radical an interpretation of Islam. “How can we stop these women carrying out their job and punish them for virtuous behaviour, according to the precepts of the Koran?” one mosque official told the paper.
“The minister is contradicting himself” said another. “First he praises ihtisham (feminine modesty) then he asks women wearing the niqab to be removed from the mosques.”
In recent months, the minister, Mohammed Hamdi Zaqzouq, has been at the centre of controversy for his comments that the niqab, which covers the face to the shoulders revealing only the eyes, is a traditional costume rather than a religious precept. He has made it clear he does not want it encouraged in mosques.
For his part Mohammed Sayyed al-Tantawi, the lead of Al Azhar, the main theological authority in Sunni Islam, has repeated that “the niqab falls within the category of personal freedom”.
“Inside al-Azhar no woman is forbidden from wearing the niqab; it is a personal choice and no one can ban its use.”
Elsewhere, "I don't see any good reason for this questionable attack against Muslim outfits, including the niqab," said a fully veiled woman employee at the Ministry of Waqfs, who gave her name only as Soad.
"This campaign is a waste of public money. What harm is there for wearing the niqab?" she added.
Soad, who said she has been wearing the niqab since getting married five years ago, urges the authorities to shift focus to scantily clad girls. "These girls deserve more attention than the niqab wearers because after all they are the ones who arouse men's desires."
http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=876