It seems that more Muslim women in Egypt are casting aside their hijabs and niqabs

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Dec 29, 2014 at 09:26

Dr. Pipes

About a year ago there was an interesting article in Buzzfeed by Sheera Frenkel and the title of the article says it all: "More and more Egyptian women are casting aside their veils"

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/more-and-more-egyptian-women-are-casting-aside-their-veils#.ckMy48RDbM

Now it seems to be a flood with the social media busy with chats about more women casting aside al-hijab and al-niqab and calling the hijabs and niqabs: Wahabi relics

https://ar-ar.facebook.com/Egypt.without.hejab

And here are examples of women that stopped wearing either al-hijab or al-niqab

https://www.facebook.com/NmadhjNsaMslmatKhlnAlhjab

So what does the future hold for al-hijab and al-niqab in Egypt? It could very well be that Cairo of 2015 might become the likes of Cairo of the 1960's or hijab free

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