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Sunday 25 Jan 2015 - 12:00 Makkah mean time-5-4-1436 Urumqi Xinjiang, China (IINA) - Legislators in a region of China with a large Muslim population have approved a ban on women wearing the traditional Islamic garment known as burqa in public, state media reported.
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region approved a regulation banning the wearing of the burqa in the regional capital of Urumqi, The Independent reported.
The ban on the burqa was "considered and approved" by the Urumqi parliament's Standing Committee in December, Reuters reported.
Around 45 percent of the population of Xinjiang is Muslim.
Xinhua quoted the regional People's Congress as saying the legislation will go into effect after being amended.
In August, Karamay, a northwestern city in Xinjiang, banned people with head scarves, veils and long beards from boarding buses.
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