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Niqab Crackdown: What’s Behind Somalia’s Latest Action
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August 18, 2024
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7:13Now PlayingIn a controversial move, authorities in the southern Somali city of Kismayo have launched an aggressive crackdown on Islamic face veils known as niqabs, citing urgent security concerns. Police chief Warsame Ahmed Gelle told Somali state television that security forces have been conducting operations to "fight" the veils, with officers stopping women in the streets and forcibly confiscating hundreds of niqabs. Women caught wearing the garment, which covers the whole face except for the eyes, now face fines or jail time. This action comes in the immediate aftermath of a deadly attack on August 2nd, 2024, at a popular beachfront resort in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, which killed 37 people and wounded many others. The attack was claimed by al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamist group that controls large parts of central and southern Somalia. While a niqab ban has technically been in place since 2013 due to security risks, it has rarely been enforced until now.
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