Tunisia bans a niqab Muslim face cover in public

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed motionless Friday to anathema a niqab Muslim face covering for women in Tunisian organisation offices “for confidence reasons,” his bureau said.

The anathema on a niqab, that covers a whole face detached from a eyes, comes during a time of heightened confidence following a Jun 27 double self-murder bombing in Tunis that left dual passed and 7 wounded.

The interior apportion educated military in Feb 2014 to step adult organisation of a wearing of a niqab as partial of anti-terrorism measures, to forestall a use as costume or to shun justice.

The niqab and other external shows of Islamic friendship were not tolerated underneath a regime of longtime tyrant Zine El Abidine Ben Ali though have done a quip given he was defeated in Tunisia’s 2011 revolution.