(Agency)
China declares ban on Burqa-Islamic veil in Uighur Muslim majority Western province of Xinjiang.
The Uighur ethnic Muslim community of China's turbulent Western province of Xinjiang faces yet another restriction on ostentatious religious garb used by Muslim women worldwide. Earlier France had banned veils in public places drawing flak from Islamic world and another European country Switzerland had banned minarets on mosques terming it as a symbol of supremacy of Islam.
Chinese Uighur Muslims are most persecuted community among world.
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| Muslim burqa |
The Uighur ethnic Muslim community of China's turbulent Western province of Xinjiang faces yet another restriction on ostentatious religious garb used by Muslim women worldwide. Earlier France had banned veils in public places drawing flak from Islamic world and another European country Switzerland had banned minarets on mosques terming it as a symbol of supremacy of Islam.
Chinese Uighur Muslims are most persecuted community among world.
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| Burqa clad woman |
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| Burqa wearing Muslim |
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| burqa woman |
