Hijabis banned from Egyptian state TV: “It is part of our society’s culture to show hair.”
Female presenters will no longer appear on Egypt’s state television channel wearing the Muslim veil, according to the head of the public station, al-Masriya. Osama al-Sheikh said: “You will not see any veiled female TV presenters on air on the screens of Egypt’s state TV any more.”
The channel’s director made the remarks during a seminar at the faculty of science and communications at Cairo University, according to a report in Egyptian magazine al-Youm al-Saba.
“It is part of our society’s culture to show hair. Now I am not saying it is a bad thing to wear the veil, but because this is state TV, everything that is seen must be official,” he said.
“The TV presenters who are veiled will be able to continue to work in private satellite TV stations,” he said.
His remarks provoked uproar in the Egyptian parliament by members who are close to the banned Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement.
null 9:35 am on November 7, 2009 Permalink |
I suppose this is added to show that only the dangerous ‘radicals’ would oppose this perfectly reasonable and benign excursion into statism.
Buzz 4:20 pm on November 7, 2009 Permalink |
If religious conservatives can resist the temptation to impose hijab. than states must not prohibit it.
Make it an individual woman’s choice. A personal statement.
Problem solved. (I think…)
Buzz 4:22 pm on November 7, 2009 Permalink |
If religious conservatives can resist the temptation to impose hijab, then states must not prohibit it (-5 pts usage: then/than)