Azhar Imam orders niqab off, wants ban

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The head of Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni world,
has ordered a school girl to remove her niqab during a visit to an Al-
Azhar school, saying he would seek an official ban for the face veil
in schools,
“Why are you wearing the niqab while sitting in the class with your
female colleagues?” Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi
asked the 8th grader.
The young girl was shocked with the question coming from the country’s
top scholar.
A teacher intervened to explain.
“She takes off her niqab inside the class, but she only put it on when
you and your entourage came in.”
But Sheikh Tantawi was not satisfied and insisted that the young girl
takes off the face cover.
“The niqab is a tradition and has nothing to do with Islam.”More>>
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