You are right Gudia i totally agree with you but that is not the issue here
the issue here is wether one should BAN / Forbid and even fine the person who is volunteerly willing to wear niqaab.
If you talk about Tantawi he is doing this under a totally dictatorial, autocratic and brutal regime of Husni mubarak, what value does his Fatwa have???
If we believe in freedom of speech then we must tolerate others.
if something like this happens in Europe then i do understand because it does not fit in the European lifestyle but still majority of the Western countries tolerate niqaab.
Even USA tolerates it although 911 happend in USA.
if USA is not banning it then what is the purpose of Egypt to ban the niqaab.
If you ban something then it always have opposit effect.