morocco bans production and sale of burqas
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Morocco has banned the production and sale of burqa full-face veils, apparently for security reasons, media reports said on Tuesday.

While there was no official announcement by authorities in the North African nation, the reports said the interior ministry order would take effect this week.

“We have taken the step of completely banning the import, manufacture and marketing of this garment in all the cities and towns of the kingdom,” the Le360 news site quoted a high-ranking interior ministry official as saying.

It said the measure appeared to be motivated by security concerns, “since bandits have repeatedly used this garment to perpetrate their crimes”.

Most women in Morocco, whose King Mohammad VI favours a moderate version of Islam, prefer the hijab headscarf that does not cover the face

The niqab, which leaves the area around the eyes uncovered, is also worn in Salafist circles and in more conservative regions in the north, from where thousands of militants have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq.

In some commercial districts of Casablanca, the country’s economic capital, interior ministry officials on Monday conducted “awareness-raising campaigns with traders to inform them of this new decision”, the Media 24 website said.

In Taroudant in southern Morocco, authorities ordered traders to stop making and selling burqas and to dispose of their stock within 48 hours, the reports said.

Retailers in the northern town of Ouislane were said to have received similar instructions.

It was unclear if Morocco plans to follow in the footsteps of some European countries such as France and Belgium where it is illegal to wear full-face veils in public

source : gulfnews

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