🇰🇿🇺🇿🧕 #Kazakhstan has officially banned #burqas & #niqabs from being allowed worn in public, calling face coverings a “threat to national security”

→ Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev:

“it’s better to wear our national dress than the black robes”

>LEAKLIV:/

Via the #KyivIndependent

The #Muftiate of #Dagestan announced on July 3 that it would introduce a temporary #ban on the wearing of #niqabs following a #Terrorist attack in the #Russian republic in June that killed 22 people.

The ban will be instituted until "the identified threats are eliminated and a new theological conclusion is issued," said a spokesperson for the Muftiate, a religious organization that represents #Dagestani #Muslims.

#Religion #Theology

https://kyivindependent.com/dagestan-muftiate-introduces-temporary-ban-on-niqabs-following-terrorist-attack/

The head of #Russia’s #HumanRights Council, Valery Fadeev, has said the government should consider a ban on wearing #niqabs, a traditional #Muslim veil that covers the entire face apart from the eyes.

The official voiced the proposal in an interview with the Parlamentskaya Gazeta newspaper published on Monday, which focused on the risks of extremism in multi-ethnic society.

https://www.rt.com/russia/597974-russia-niqab-ban-muslims/

#Racism #Islamophobia