Egypt: Female Newscaster Wears Hijab

Newsreader Fatima Nabil delivered the evening news on Sunday evening wearing the Muslim hijab headscarf. It marked the first time that a woman has worn the Islamic veil on the state television channel since its first program aired in 1960.

Wearing the veil during a newscast had been banned for decades under the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt’s new, Islamist-dominated government lifted the ban, and many secularists are now worried that the new government will enforce an increasingly strict adherence to Islam.

Many Western analysts saw the fall of Mubarak’s government as a positive development and a doorway to democracy in Egypt. The Trumpet, however, has been writing for nearly 20 years that Egypt is not destined for democracy, but a sharp turn toward Islamic radicalism. Editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote in July 1993 that a “radical change in Egyptian politics” was about to occur. Mr. Flurry based that forecast on Bible prophecy—specifically Daniel 11:42.

Fatima Nabil’s historic decision to wear the hijab puts a face to this fact: Daniel’s ancient prophecy has now been fulfilled.