Tunisia bans niqab in government offices

Tunisian PM signs government circular banning access to public administrations, institutions to anyone with their face covered for security reasons.

TUNIS - Prime Minister Youssef Chahed decided Friday to ban the niqab Muslim face covering for women in Tunisian government offices "for security reasons", his office said.

It said Chahed signed a government circular "banning access to public administrations and institutions to anyone with their face covered... for security reasons".