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(a year ago)Kazakhstan's president, Kasssym-Jomart Tokayev, signed a law Monday banning individuals from wearing clothes in public places covering their faces, joining a trend in several Central Asian countries to restrict forms of Islamic dress. The law says that clothing that “enters facial recognition” wants [...]
The law says that clothing that <x0 enters facial recognition” will be banned in public, with exemptions for medical purposes, in poor atmosphere conditions and in sports and cultural events.
The legislation does not clearly mention religion or the kind of religious clothing.
Tokayev has previously praised the legislation as an opportunity to celebrate ethnic identity in Kazakhstan, a predominantly Muslim country and the former Soviet republic.
Other Central Asian countries have adopted similar laws in recent years.
Police in Kyrgyzstan have conducted road patrols to enforce their ban on Islamic nikab face cover, according to local media reports. In Uzbekistan, breaking the nicotine statute carries a fine of over 250 dollars.
Tajikstan President Emomali Rakhmon signed a ban on clothing in public that is “foreign to national culture”.
