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CAIRO: Al-Azhar plans to ban face veil - LRE - 10-06-2009 07:16 PM Al-Azhar plans to ban face veil CAIRO: An Egyptian daily reports that the country’s top Muslim cleric is planning to ban female students from wearing the face veil from schools run by al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious institute of learning. The independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm said in a report on Monday that Sayyed Tantawi would soon order the ban implemented in all of al-Azhar’s institutions. A security official also said they had verbal orders to prevent students wearing the face-covering veil, known as the niqab, from entering al-Azhar schools, and dormitories of three Cairo universities for security reasons. Sunni Muslim scholars are divided on whether a woman must cover her face, with the majority saying it is not an obligation, but all mainstream scholars agree a woman must cover her hair and body with loose fitting clothes. In the Middle East, the niqab has come to be associated with Salafism, a brand of ultra-conservative Islam practiced mostly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ap http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C06%5Cstory_6-10-2009_pg7_3 RE: CAIRO: Al-Azhar plans to ban face veil - LRE - 10-08-2009 08:57 AM http://express.com.pk