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The Bulgarian party "Movement for Rights and Freedoms" (DPS) announced Wednesday it does not support the veiling of Muslim women when taking their new passport pictures.
On Tuesday, the Mufti Office from the Bulgarian city of Smolyan demanded that the regional police department allow Muslim women to take the new passport pictures on with headscarves on.
The Regional Mufti Nedzhmi Dabov has announced that the requirements for the pictures with biometric data are in conflict with the Islamic canon that the Muslim woman should not display other parts of her body except her face and her hands up to her wrists.