Tunisia

The Tunisian government's recent move to enforce a 1981 ban on the wearing of the headscarf in public institutions is unlikely to go down well in large parts of the population, over 90% of which is Muslim. However, given the high levels of state control over the media and censorship, sentiment is hard to gauge exactly. Nevertheless, that the government has decided to act to prevent a rising number of people from wearing the headscarf suggests that there is indeed a degree of anxiety. While short-term risk is limited, over the long term there is a possibility that by its

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