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Offline TomSea

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EGYPT considers banning the burqa in crackdown against Islamists
« on: November 13, 2018, 02:59:17 am »
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EGYPT considers banning the burqa in crackdown against Islamists

    A draft law would ban the burqa in public spaces including schools and hospitals
    Women who violated the ban would be fined 1,000 Egyptian pounds ($56 / £42)
    The Muslim-majority nation has faced a series of attacks by Islamist extremists

By Tim Stickings For Mailonline

8 November 2018

Egypt is considering a law which would ban the burqa in public places in a crackdown on Islamic extremism. 

The Muslim-majority nation has faced a series of extremist attacks including the shooting of six Coptic Christians by ISIS last week. 

A draft law to be considered by the Egyptian parliament calls for a burqa ban in public spaces including hospitals, health clinics, schools, cinemas, theatres and museums.

Read more at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6366629/EGYPT-considers-banning-burqa-crackdown-against-Islamic-extremists.html

Should have posted this about last Thurs.

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Re: EGYPT considers banning the burqa in crackdown against Islamists
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2018, 03:07:52 am »
These are the kinds of things that got the Shah of Iran overthrown.  And Sadat assassinated.
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