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| Chad's ban on Islamic veil after attacks divides Muslims |
| 2015-06-22 |
| [AlAhram] Chad's decision to ban women from wearing the Islamic veil, which came two days after bloody suicide kabooms hit the capital, has divided Moslems but the government defends it as part of an anti-terror strategy. "Wearing the burqa must stop immediately from today," Prime Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet told religious leaders on Wednesday, after the twin bombings left 33 people dead and more than 100 others injured in the capital N'Djamena. Nobody has grabbed credit for the attacks, but authorities blame Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram |
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