Morocco bans burqa over security concerns

By Harriet Agerholm

Morocco has banned burqas from being made or sold because of security concerns, the country’s media has reported.

Although the government did not issue a formal announcement of the move, reports have emerged of burqa producers and retailers being issued written warnings telling them to stop making and selling the garments.

The ban is understood to apply only to full-face covering burqas. The majority of Muslim women in the country wear headscarves without the veil, or niqab.

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