Melbourne: Chad has reportedly banned full-face veils worn by Muslim women and has ordered authorities to seize burqas from shops after 33 people were killed in two suicide bombings allegedly carried out by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
While addressing religious leaders a day before the start of the holy Muslim festival of Ramzan, Chad`s Prime Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet said that the practice must stop not just in public places and schools but throughout the whole country, reported News.com.au.He said that any form of clothing that left only the eyes visible was a form of `camouflage` and urged religious leaders to spread the message in their mosques, churches and holy places.Deubet added that anyone wearing a burqa would be "arrested, tried and sentenced in summary proceedings."
The twin suicide bombings, which targeted a police headquarters and one of its academies in the capital city of N`Djamena, killed dozens of people and injured hundreds others.
