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Russia’s Dagestan bans niqab over ‘threats’ after attacks

Russia’s Dagestan bans niqab over ‘threats’ after attacks

  • This veil is “temporarily prohibited until the elimination of existing threats,” said Dagestan’s highest religious body
  • Few details have surfaced about the identities and motivations of the attackers in Dagestan
By AFP ·

Gunmen simultaneously attacked two churches, two synagogues and a police checkpoint in two cities in Dagestan on June 23.

Dagestan terror attack toll hits 22

By AFP ·