Chinese city in restive Muslim region bans burqa 11 jan 2015 China on Saturday banned burqas in public places in the capital of its Muslim-majority Xinjiang region which is often hit by separatist violence, a day after regional authorities prohibited extremist content on the web to prevent radicalisation of youths. Authorities in the regional capital Urumqi cited France and Belgium, where the Islamic garment worn by Muslim woman to cover themselves from head-to-toe, has been banned. The legislature of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region approved a regulation banning burqas stating that it is not a traditional dress for Uygur women. Officials of the regional Peoples Congress told the official Xinhua news agency on Saturday that the regulation will go into effect after being amended. It was drafted by municipal legislature of Urumqi last year. The regulation is seen as an effort to curb increasing extremism that forced Uygur women to abandon their colourful traditional dress and wear black burqas, the news agency reported.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 02:32:01 +0000
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