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Tunisian ban on the niqab in public institutions: Attack on freedom of expression or necessary security measure?

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Danilo Gleichmann

On July 5, Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chaed declared an official ban on the use of the niqab in the country’s public institutions. The ban came about in the aftermath of a double suicide bombing in the capital, Tunis. One of the attacks, which took place on June 27, AlJazeera reported that a witness saw […]

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