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Covered Up in Chechnya

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The Chechen government has told female government workers to wear headscarves at work. A government spokesman says headscarves are only recommended not mandated. But female employees report they were threatened with the loss of their jobs if they show up with heads uncovered. Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has pushed through a number of Islamic oriented decrees, including banning gambling machines.