It seems that The Globe and Mail considers itself suddenly as an authority on Islam. Not only that but an authority higher than the Al Azhar, the Muslim world's pre-eminent center of Sunni Islamic, a branch of Islam with over one billion people.

In 2009, the Grand Sheik of Al-Azhar, Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, declared the niqab has nothing to do with Islam and is a sign of radicalism.  Grand Sheik Tantawi then proceeded to ban the niqab in classrooms and dormitories.  Additionally, many Islamic scholars see the niqab is only a modern expression of tribal customs and traditions that predate Islam.

Al-Azhar University is renowned as "Sunni Islam’s most prestigious university". 

It was founded in 970 or 972, a mere 872 years before The Globe and Mail (1844).