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Egypt bans niqab in schools (www.middleeasteye.net)
submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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

I agree with what you say about religion. However, I don't agree that bans are useful or effective. Doesn't seem to be "preventing religious conflicts" all that much imo.

[-] troutsushi@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago

It's not about preventing religious conflicts. It's about not giving those conflicts a forum at school, the place where children learn to be tolerant from people who aren't their potentially fundamentally religious parents.

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

But that was the last sentence in your previous comment.

[-] troutsushi@feddit.de -2 points 1 year ago

My previous sentence sets the principle, your answer rejects the principle on an all-or-nothing basis, my following comment clarifies the application of said principle within the comparatively narrow setting of schools.

I'm not sure what's left unclear.

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

Sometimes I feel like when a discussion reaches this level it's no longer "good faith" sounding.

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