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China bans burqas, abnormal beards in Xinjiang

CHINA-XINJIANG/SECURITY A man approaches a mosque to open it for evening prayer in the old town in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region | Reuters

China, on Friday, banned burqas, veils and abnormal beards in a Muslim province claiming that it is a crackdown on religious extremism.

According to the Independent, the measures also forced people to watch state television. 

The new regulation, which will come to force from Saturday, will dissuade women, who fully cover their faces and bodies, from entering the airports, railway stations and other public places and report about them to police.

Apart from this, they also prohibit abnormal beards and it is forbidden to reject or refuse radio, television and other public facilities and services.

The regulation restrains marriages using religious, not legal, procedures and using the name of Halal to meddle in the secular life of others.

The rules also necessitate children attending regular school.

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