the cleric who founded the site, yousef qaradawi, is considered a moderate in the region. but his fatwas have opposed women traveling alone without a male guardian and he's ruled against women being heads of state. for secular muslims, like dalia ziade, such views are decidedly anti-modern. ziade is a human rights activist. the 26-year-old accuses religious institutions in egypt of spreading fundamentalist beliefs, like the veiling of women. >> in my mother's age, when she was my age, i see her photos. it was tremendously different. it was, you know, she wore shirt skirts and she used to wear t- shirts, without sleeves, sleeveless t-shirts and nobody used to ask her or to instruct her not to wear this or wear that. >> reporter: ziade says in today's environment she has to wear a headscarf in order not to be harassed. she blames this on what she calls the growing piety movement. >> everyone now believes that if only he gets religious, all his problems will be solved. >> reporter: as part of her work, ziade's been compiling fatwas that target women. some clerics say they can