Egypt's Al-Azhar University said it had expelled a female student after she appeared in a video hugging a male colleague, accusing her of undermining the school's reputation.
The video, which went viral earlier this month, showed a young man carrying a bundle of knees before a young woman and then embracing it in what seemed to be a marriage proposal.
The video appears to have not been filmed at Al-Azhar, a branch of the Sunni Muslim highest authority, but at another facility, Mansoura University in the north of the country.
However, the disciplinary council of the Al-Azhar University campus in Mansoura on Saturday "decided to eventually expel the young daughter," Ahmed Zarie's spokeswoman for AFP said.
He said the video had caused a "public protest" and that the university's decision to expel it was because it had presented a "bad image" of Al-Azhar University, which strictly distinguishes the genders.
He said that embracing unmarried men and women violates the "values and principles of society".
However, the woman may appeal the deportation decision, Zarie said.
The young man who appeared in the video could also face sanctions, a spokesman for Mansoura University said, adding that the school's disciplinary council will meet on Monday to decide his "punishment".
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