Women of Kyrgyzstan are fined the use of the whole body Niqab in accordance with a new plan supported by the country’s official Muslim governing body.
The authority says that clothing can hide “disguised attackers” and are “foreign to our society”.
According to the local media, it comes when Central -Aase officials seek to combat Islamist effect.
Earlier this year, the Muslim majority introduced the ban on the curtain that some adult women use, covering most of the body except eyes.
The users of the garment may be fined 20,000 Som ($ 230), which is more than half the average monthly salary.
“Niqab is a stranger to our society,” the local media borrowed the spiritual administration of Kyrgyzstan Muslims on Tuesday.
‘It is possible that our niqab-behaving sisters are masks attackers, which threatens general security.
“So it’s important to show your face openly,” it added.
Independent of the Soviet Union, in the country of five Muslims in Central Asia, was rapidly observed to arouse the interest of Islamism, which its secular governments have sought to suppress.
Women of Kyrgyzstan are fined throughout the body’s niqab in accordance with a new plan supported by the country’s official Muslim governing body (warehouse)
The authority says clothes can hide “masks attackers” and are “foreign to our society” (storage image)
It comes when Central Aaseian officials are trying to combat the growing Islamist effect, according to local media (Stog Image of the Kyrgyzstan National Flag)
In the area, Islamic radicalization has increased in recent years, and thousands of Central Asian citizens joined the jihadist groups in the Middle East during the rise of the Islamic state between 2013 and 2015.
The President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Jakarov, who signed the legislation in January, said in an interview on Saturday that women had traditionally “used Burqa” in the country and that the move was “important to ensure public security”.
Central Asian Islamic “spiritual administrations” are nominally independent of the government, but their roots in the official governing bodies of the Soviet era, which seek to implement state powers for religion.