Prime Minister Youssef Chahed decided Friday to ban the niqab Muslim face covering for women in Tunisian government offices “for security reasons”, his office said.
It said Chahed signed a government circular “banning access to public administrations and institutions to anyone with their face covered… for security reasons”.
The ban on the niqab, which covers the entire face apart from the eyes, comes at a time of heightened security following a June 27 double suicide bombing in Tunis that left two dead and seven wounded.
SOURCE: News24
