Egypt’s National Council for Women’s Rights (NCWR) is filing a report with the country’s prosecutor-general following televised remarks made by a controversial lawyer who said it was “a national duty” to rape women who wear ripped jeans. “Girls must respect themselves so others respect them. Protecting morals is more important than protecting borders,” lawyer Nabih Al-Wahsh... 

A Sydney imam was attacked and beaten with a shoe while live on air on an Egyptian talk show after saying women do not have to wear the burka. Mostafa Rashid was discussing whether Muslim women should wear headscarves when Egyptian lawyer Nabih al-Wahsh took off his shoe and beat him round the head with it. Keep in mind Egypt is considered to be one of those “moderate” Muslim countries....