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Egypt bans niqab in schools (www.middleeasteye.net)
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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.

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[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

🤣 What the hell is this comment? You honestly believe women want to wear black beekeeper suits?

I can't believe how blind people are to the suffering and degradation of women brought on by the Muslim fate.

Imagine they required, instead of women, all black people to wear this shit? Would you be here telling people "jUsT lEt bLaCk pEoPlE wEaR wHaT tHeY wAnT!"

These outfits, and forced make guardianship are inhumane vile bullshit and needs to be eradicated.

[-] snek@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I'm an ex Muslim and wore hijab for 5-6 years.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What were your feelings about it at the time?

[-] snek@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

At the time I wore it out of "choice" but in retrospect it's clear that I was indoctrinated. I got religious purely from wanting to be a "good kid", ended up hearing that women should wear hijab when they get their periods. I got it at 12 so I put it on. My dad was encouraging and to him it's a mix of religious reasons and feeling like I look like a decent girl on a society with little respect for women, I think he was protective and worried, not religious and dominating. He didn't have a "choice" either: you cover your women or you risk appearing as an immoral person (even if you understand that these things are not really related).

It felt bad for the first year because I was the only student in my class for a headscarf on from grade 6 to 8. In the middle east, women wearing hijab at younger ages + having darker skin is associated with poverty and ignorance, so people looked down on me but others were happy I was covered. After that it felt like shit, but I didn't see what I could do because "god said so". A year later I was reading the Quran and hated the verse about husbands told to beat their wives, I called a friend on the phone and cried as I talked about this. She agreed at the time and later became an atheist too. My faith started to turn into hate and resentment for god who made me "less than others". A year after that, I discover Slayer, I'm on the internet more often, and finally decided to take the hijab off. It was not a pleasant experience.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Learn to read, my g.

[-] nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

I know alot of women who do love to wear it

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