Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Shirīn Barūdī: Women have their own minds…choosing to wear the hijab is at their personal discretion
Artist Shirīn Barūdī has said that journalist Sharīf El-Shobashī’s call to remove the headscarf, against which people are planning to protest in Tahrir Square on the 1st May, removes any kind of...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Dr. Āmnah Nasīr, Professor of Islamic Doctrine and Philosophy, has said that the journalist Sharīf El-Shobashī’s call to women to remove the hijab is radical.
Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2015
Mass movement to remove the hijab splits Egypt into supporters and opponents
The call of journalist Sharīf al-Shobashī for women to remove the headscarf has lead to the organisation of a mass demonstration in Tahrir Square. Comments on social media site Facebook show that opinions are divided on...