The Council of Ideology is a government appointed non-entity whose recommendations the government itself doesn't follow, whom the liberals slag off for whatever views it has presented, and whom the conservatives do not trust.
The Egyptian university Al-Azhar is considered authentic by the likes of American politicians. Amongst true Muslims, it has lost its credibility because of leaning too much towards worldliness and materialistic gains.
There is a huge difference between a 'prominent figure', and an 'authentic figure'. From Wikipedia, it becomes clear that he was a prominently controversial figure, whose views were rejected by his contemporaries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Nasiruddin_al-Albani
So, you are trying to spread misinformation based on the rejected views of a controversial figure. Definitely a Rafadhi ploy, if ever there was one.
And Zakir Naik is also one of the same type of 'self-taught' semi-scholars who gain popularity amongst common people because they can quote from many books.
Back in the 12-14th centuries and earlier, the face veil was a definite part of the attire of Christian women. It was abolished, like many other aspects of religion, under the Renaissance movement.
