The head of #Russia’s #HumanRights Council, Valery Fadeev, has said the government should consider a ban on wearing #niqabs, a traditional #Muslim veil that covers the entire face apart from the eyes.
The official voiced the proposal in an interview with the Parlamentskaya Gazeta newspaper published on Monday, which focused on the risks of extremism in multi-ethnic society.
#Muslim voters in #India feel targeted more and more by the ruling party and Prime Minister #Modi with hate speeches. There have been reports of Muslim voters' names being removed from the voting list and in one village in #UttarPradesh, they were even beaten up. But no action has been taken by the #Election Commission of India against these complaints prompting activists to launch a campaign against it. Navodita Kumari reports.