President of Cairo University Gaber Nassar during an interview with the live talk show “Akher Al-Nahar” on private satellite channel Al-Nahar. Additional reporting by Amr Mohamed KandilCAIRO – 8 January 2019: Gaber Nassar had served as president of Cairo University for the arguably severest four years in Egypt in the 21st century. Nassar was known for his decisive opinions, and powerful decisions that were rarely cancelled after they were implemented.Nassar's term started early August 2013, just few days before the dispersal of Rabaa al-Adaweya and Nahda squares sit-ins supporting Muslim Brotherhood and former regime headed by Mohamed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood high-level official. He added that some people turned religion to a trade, as they would offer only the content that people would like just to get money.Censuring renowned Salafi scholar Abu Ishaq Al-Heweny, Nassar accused the Sheikh of holding double standards. Nassar said that despite Heweny's earlier attack on the niqab when the niqab threatened his own interests, he said that a woman wearing niqab cannot teach Quran as she would not be able to show students points of articulation.

Source: Egypt Today January 08, 2019 09:11 UTC