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Muslim Women Balk At Religious Ruling Forcing Them To Show Their Faces

Muslim Women Balk At Religious Ruling Forcing Them To Show Their Faces

November 3, 2009 No Comments

Egyptian women are banned from wearing the niqab in all female schools and the mainstream media there is supporting the decision. But people are furious, saying it is interference with their right to practice Islam. Critics hit back, saying the Arabic cultural import has nothing to do with religion.

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