Covering Egypt - Egypt

March 2005
More and more women in Egypt are rediscovering the veil and turning to traditional Islam. It's a trend worrying the government.

"There's growing frustration and more and more people are resorting to religion," explains journalist Hashem Kassem. The government wants to control the political forces behind Egypt's hard-line religious groups and is worried about their popularity. As Kassem explains: "The only way to make a political statement in Egypt, the only existing discourse, is political Islam,"

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[ridwana81]

Hijaab is Fard on every Muslim women. If Muslim women wearing hijaab are living in the past, then that is implying Islam is in the past.Na3udubillah

[TaskiyahEmaani]

thank you for trying to be balanced but i can assure you that we have as much perfection in our hair as women who do not wear hijabs. as a man i dont think you can possibly judge the reasons of women who do wear hijabs.

so in short please be carefull in your selection of words.

[humanbeingscanb2evil]

also im not Muslim or any other religion for that matter,but i think you should be able to wear the hijaab.i actually think it looks nice.

[humanbeingscanb2evil]

yeah if you have money the wedding looks like this,otherwise its not.

[ThereIsButOneGod]

Hijaab (in this context a head covering) is NOT fard. i suggest that ridwana81 and jihad68 read the political and social context surrounding the Quran and also the history of the headscarf. Modesty is Fard, headscarf is not. 

[ThereIsButOneGod]

Hijaab (in this context the headscarf) is NOT fard. I suggest that JIHAD68 read the history of the Quran and the political and social context. Modesty is fard, hair coverings are not

[littlelion1964]

To learn more about islam and its prophet muhammad. watch the documentry "Fitna" on Liveleak or on youtube " Fitna part 1/4 English Geert Wilders!"

also go to :

"truthtube. tv" to learn about islam and to see how peaceful muslims chop the heads of innocent hostages & more.

you can also go2:

"answering-islam. org"

or

"islamreview. com"

and to see Latest Offerings of dead bodies from the Religion of Peace. lol go2 "thereligionofpeace. com"

pass it on before its a muslim blocks it

[boomba3]

you people are breeding like fly's and you don't have enough to eat your blind

[jihad68]

Any muslim or so called muslim who condems the hijab is a serious idiot. a moron at best. the hijab is fard from allah. the niqab is the dress of the mothers of the believers but not fard to my understanding depends on the opinion u take from(ulama). i expect the ignorant kuffer to condem the words of allah but a muslim? may allah guide u or break ur back.

[antikackz]

im an egyptian take the fucking hijab and throw away the niqab. godamm what is the point of that shit. damm i wish my country just fucking bans it.

[cairo4448]

middle easterners always have some issue 

[Pootnam]

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