Another African country bans veil for women over terror attacks

c. 2015 Religion News Service

(RNS) As the Islamic world experiences a rise in the number of women wearing the burqa, a traditional Islamic outer garment for covering the body in public, the dress code is being banned in some African countries over possible connections with terror attacks.

Last week Chad, a majority-Muslim nation in Central Africa, become the second country on the continent to ban women from wearing the full-face veil.