The
Egyptian parliament is recruiting a law prohibiting women from wearing the
niqab veil. The ban will apply to wearing the clothing in public places and government
institutions, the sources reported.
The full-face veil is worn by some followers of Islam and
typically covers all of the wearer’s face other than their eyes. The clothing
is common in Egypt which is mainly a Muslim country.
MP Amna Nosseir, professor of comparative jurisprudence at
Al-Azhar University, who has supported the ban, said that wearing the veil is
not an obligation of Islam and in fact has non-Islamic roots. She has argued
that it is a Jewish tradition which appeared in the Arabian Peninsula prior to
Islam and that a variety of Quranic verses deny its use. Instead, she has
advocated that the Quran calls for modest clothing and covered hair, but does
not require facial covering.
A number of limitations have been placed on wearing the niqab in
Egypt in recent years. In February, Cairo University banned nurses and doctors
from wearing it in medical schools and in teaching hospitals, arguing the ban
would: “protect patients’ rights and interests.”
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