Egypt bans niqab in schools
Egypt bans niqab in schools
Education minister says students can wear hijab but are no longer allowed to use face veils
The Egyptian government has announced a ban on the wearing of the face-covering niqab in schools from the beginning of the next term on 30 September.
Education Minister Reda Hegazy made the announcement on Monday, adding that students would still have the right to choose whether to wear a headscarf, but insisted it must not cover their faces.
He also said that the child's guardian should be aware of their choice, and that it must have been made without any outside pressure.
Baby steps.
Will this receive the same amount of outrage as the similar news from France?
France has banned Hijabs and Abaya robes in schools not just Niqabs. Egypt is preventing people from hiding their face in school, France is doing a lot more. I don't think it's directly comparable considering the Niqab bans at least have a safety component. Whos safer because school kids cant wear head scarfs?
My initial reaction is the same as to the recent abaya ban in France. Opposition. I'll need to read more about it though, because I think the motivations and outcomes will be different.
Again, we see the same male dominant governments, decide, for absolutely no necessary reasons, what women should and should not ware. While people respond with the same; deciding on behalf of other what is good for them. Saying hijabs, nigab, and othe religious clothing is oppression, is by itself a personal opinion. Making rule based on that, is oppression.
Instead of focusing on education itself, social support and protection, they put out laws that devide people further and distract them from major issues that's going on.
Disgusting...