The girl Rimsha Masih was held in jail for several weeks after Khalid Jadoon accused her of burning pages of the Muslim holy book the Koran.Anbarasan Ethirajan our South Asia desk has more details.
Mr. Boubakeur says the word niqab is not described in Islam's holy book, the Koran, as a religious object. He has no problem with banning the covering. But he says other Muslims may disagree.
Both systems regulate every part of daily life, and both combine laws based on a divinely inspired book, the Torah and Koran, respectively, with later oral traditions.