I think both the women who wear the niqaab and the people who have to deal with them need to understand the sacrifices the niqaab poses for both parties. For the Muslim woman, we need to understand that we live in a society where the niqaab is not normal, and that we have to sacrifice a lot of liberties that others are not subject to, like extra security at the airport.

As for the other party, they should understand that wearing the niqaab is a freedom that us women take advantage of, and enjoy, and that we wear it for no other reason but that it pleases us to please our Lord. There really is no need for any ban. Just more compassion and understanding.

I think both the women who wear the niqaab and the people who have to deal with them need to understand the sacrifices the niqaab poses for both parties. For the Muslim woman, we need to understand that we live in a society where the niqaab is not normal, and that we have to sacrifice a lot of liberties that others are not subject to, like extra security at the airport.

As for the other party, they should understand that wearing the niqaab is a freedom that us women take advantage of, and enjoy, and that we wear it for no other reason but that it pleases us to please our Lord. There really is no need for any ban. Just more compassion and understanding.

Muslim women have been wearing niqab for centuries, and it obviously doesn’t get in their way, as evidenced by their defense of niqab and their insistence to wear it despite the ban – they’d rather be stopped at the doors of the university than take it off.

Besides, all the things you mentioned are really “excuses” people may use to justify the ban (and none of which change the Islamic ruling on niqab). Many of these niqab-wearing sisters in Egypt attend all female schools/universities – so when they get into the classroom, or areas where only females are present, they’ll lift their niqabs up. So banning niqab at these universities only makes the ban more infuriating.

Muslim women have been wearing niqab for centuries, and it obviously doesn’t get in their way, as evidenced by their defense of niqab and their insistence to wear it despite the ban – they’d rather be stopped at the doors of the university than take it off.

Besides, all the things you mentioned are really “excuses” people may use to justify the ban (and none of which change the Islamic ruling on niqab). Many of these niqab-wearing sisters in Egypt attend all female schools/universities – so when they get into the classroom, or areas where only females are present, they’ll lift their niqabs up. So banning niqab at these universities only makes the ban more infuriating.