Sri Lanka
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Nationwide
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April 2019
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After deadly explosions
killing 253
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Denmark
|
Banned burqas and niqabs,
nationwide
Public spaces
Saw protests
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August 2018
|
Security
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The Netherlands
|
Nationwide
Schools, hospitals, public
transport and government buildings
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June 2018
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Security
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Austria
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Nationwide
Public spaces
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October 2017
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Security
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Tajikistan
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Nationwide
Public spaces
97% Muslims
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September 2017
|
Banned hijab – to stop
women for wearing Islamic attire
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Morocco
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Nationwide
99% Muslims
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January 2017
|
Security
Bandits use the garment
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Bulgaria
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Nationwide
Public spaces
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September 2016
|
Security
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Germany
|
Partial
Public spaces
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December 2016
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Integration
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Switzerland
|
Partial
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July 2016
|
security
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Gabon
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Nationwide
|
September 2016
|
Security – after Cameroon
blast
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Cameroon
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Partial ban
Muslims – 25% - in majority
in region where burqa was banned
No public opposition
|
July 2015
|
Blast by two burqa clad
women killing 13
|
Chad
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Nationwide
The country’s president
called in camouflage
Muslims – 53%
No public opposition
|
June 2015
|
Boko Haram killed 34 people in capital N’Djamena – by a man
clad in burqa
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Niger
|
Partial ban
Muslims – 80%
No public opposition
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Southern region affected by
Boko Haram – Boko Haram uses female terrorists to carry bombs
|
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Republic of congo
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By the president of the
country’s Islamic high council
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May 2015
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Security
|
Turkey
|
Till 2013, banned hijabs in
state institutions
|
Ban in judiciary, military
and police
|
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France
|
Nationwide
Public places
Not much protests from Muslims
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April 2011
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Social cohesion and
security
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Belgium
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Nationwide
Public places
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July 2011
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Secular society - principles
of living together
Protection of rights and
freedoms of others
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Latvia
|
Nationwide
|
April 2016
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To protect Latvia’s
cultural values
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Italy
|
City of Novara fined a
woman for wearing burqa
Region Lombardy banned
burqas and niqabs from public offices and hospitals in 2015
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1975
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Cannot cover the face
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Spain
|
Partial - Catalonia bans
burqas and niqabs in public spaces
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July 2014
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Security, integration and
co-existence
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Russia
|
Hijabs banned in Stavropol
and
Mordovia territories
Schools and universities
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Secular nature of education
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China
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Xinjiang – a Muslim
province
burqa and abnormal beards
|
March 2017
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Growing extremism
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Malaysia
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Niqabs banned for public
servants
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Syria
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Banned burqas and niqabs in
universities
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July 2010
|
Increasing Islamic
extremism among Muslim students
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Kosovo
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Hijabs banned in schools
95% Muslims
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September 2011
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Secular state
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Azerbaijan
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Hijab banned in schools
97% Muslims
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December 2010
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To prevent rise of radical Islam
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