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**sttrqiss** · 08-24-2011, 08:03 PM

Walaikom assalam,

When banning niqab for female students at Egyptian Universities during exams became an issue, the filed a law suit at an Egyptian court, which in turn said although they are generally free to wear what they want, they had to rely on Dar al Iftaa' who considered it a "makrooh custom", and they lost the suit.

I thought what you stated was somewhat far-fetched, but I saw the following fatwa on their site, which was even more outlandish than what you described:
http://www.dar-alifta.org/ViewBayan....82%D8%A7%D8%A8

Read the last two paragraphs.

08-24-2011, 08:03 PM	#4
sttrqiss Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 435 Senior Member	Walaikom assalam, When banning niqab for female students at Egyptian Universities during exams became an issue, the filed a law suit at an Egyptian court, which in turn said although they are generally free to wear what they want, they had to rely on Dar al Iftaa' who considered it a "makrooh custom", and they lost the suit. I thought what you stated was somewhat far-fetched, but I saw the following fatwa on their site, which was even more outlandish than what you described: http://www.dar-alifta.org/ViewBayan....82%D8%A7%D8%A8 Read the last two paragraphs.
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