Egypt To Ban Full-Face Veil

While the U.S. would be too PC to ever propose banning the niqab, Egypt is poised to do just that. The full-face veil will not be allowed in public places and government buildings.

MP Amna Nosseir, professor of comparative jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, who has backed the ban, said that wearing the veil is not a requirement of Islam and in fact has non-Islamic origins. She has argued that it is a Jewish tradition which appeared in the Arabian Peninsula prior to Islam and that a variety of Quran passages contradict its use. Instead, she has advocated that the Quran calls for modest clothing and covered hair, but does not require facial covering.

Apparently, there is already a ban in the medical school and teaching hospitals affiliated with Cairo University, along with the academic staff on campus.

Good on them.

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Wahhabism and Salafism A Satanic Faith, Claims Al-Azhar Scholar

Wahhabism a Satanic faith?

Al-Azhar religious scholar Yusri Rushdi al-Sayyid Jabr al-Husni thinks so. He claims that Wahhabis along with Salafis, Najdis and Horners all have the same ideology, and per prophet Mohammed's prediction it is a Satanic faith.  

Al-Azhar is located in Egypt and is the ancient center of Islamic and Arabic learning.

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Cannibalism 101- Al-Azhar Teaches Egyptian Kids It's Okay To Kill And Eat Apostate Flesh

Pork is Haram (forbidden) in Islam, but apparently eating human flesh (especially that of apostates) is Halal (a-ok), if grilled or barbecued, that is. Or maybe it can only be eaten raw. I'm actually not quite sure, since there seems to be a discrepancy in the manner in which the 'meat' should be consumed, at least according to the information shared by the two Egyptian men on the Al-Tahrir TV video below. Both the talk-show host and the guest were appalled at the following information taken straight from a book given to third year high school students at al-Azhar University- one of the oldest, most prestigious Islamic learning centers in the world.

"We allowed the eating of the flesh of dead humans...under necessary conditions. It (dead human flesh) must not be cooked to avoid Haram."

The guest adds, "so he's allowed to eat him without cooking or grilling!"  Then he tells the host that it also says in the book that it's okay to kill certain people for their meat:

" .. and he can kill a murtadd (apostate) and eat him...  he can kill the married adulterer, the fighter, and whoever has a punishment on him, even if the Imam did not give his permission for the killing."

The host then asks, " you mean the killing of a human being and then grilling him/her and eating him/her?"  Guest responds: "Yes, because he's hungry!!"

Either way, cooked or raw, it's unbelievable that high school kids are being taught that cannibalism is permissible in the 21st century.

Those words are written in the book: 'al-Iqnaa" (The Persuasion).




H/T Halal Pork Shop 

Egyptian Women Beat Up Salafi Morality Police

"Give them a finger, and they'll take the whole hand" is an apt cliché for the ultra-conservative Islamists in Egypt.  For decades they were banned from forming a political party under the mostly secular Hosni Mubarak's regime.  But now that they've won a majority, with the Salafists garnering about 30% of the vote in recent elections, they're like caged animals who have suddenly been set free.  The Salafists (the most fundamentalist of them all) want to impose their skewed religious ideology on the rest of the Egyptian population, whether they want it or not.

Of course, those who will suffer the most under an Islamist majority government would be the women of Egypt.  But after decades of secular living and actively participating in the Arab Spring movement, I'm not sure they won't go down without a fight. At least the more secular ones won't. And they proved that in Benha, a town in north-eastern Egypt.

A group of ultra-conservative Salafis got more than they bargained for after bursting into a beauty salon in the Egyptian town of Benha in an attempt to enforce “God’s law” on the women inside reported the online newspaper, Bikya Masr.

The women were told to stop what they were doing or face physical punishment from the group.

But instead of complying out of fear, or calling for help, the women took matters into their own hands by striking back.

They beat and whipped the vigilante gang “with their own canes before kicking them out to the street in front of an astonished crowd of onlookers,” Egyptian online newspaper, Bikya Masr, reported

It looks like the Salafists are already trying to flex their religious muscles, and if Egyptian women don't nip it in the bud before it's too late, they're going to find themselves dressed in niqabs like their Saudi sisters.

Apparently the beauty salon incident wasn't the first of its kind. Salafis (like their Saudi brothers) have recently been conducting surprise inspection raids on other shops to make sure everyone (owner and customers alike) are in compliance with "God's Law". That means no more clean-shaven faces, and 'indecent' clothing is a no-no. And we all know that in Islam anything other than a niqab and abaya is considered indecent. And it's not just Muslim businesses they're targeting, they've also allegedly destroyed any Christmas decorations in area shops and malls because Christmas is for infidels and therefore forbidden.

Granted, this particular group of zealots was just created, fashioning itself after the similar Saudi 'Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice' (CPVPV), and even going so far as using the same name. But no-one wants to claim ownership of that group including Al-Azhar (Egypt's main mosque in Cairo) and the Salafi al-Nour Party, which denies any connection whatsoever to that group in spite of the CPVPV claiming they are.  In fact, in response to Al-Azhar's rejection they posted a statement to their Facebook page:

“The Committee, which millions of Egyptians have agreed to, and expressed their desire to see its members diligently apply God’s law, draws the attention of our brothers in Al-Azhar to what happened in the last elections when millions of citizens voted for Salafi parties.”

Trouble is brewing in Egypt, if even the Islamists can't control their ultra-conservatives. But hopefully the women will save the day. You go girls!