Zerhouni : “We have Fatwas or Religious decrees allowing biometric measures”

The Algerian Minister of the Interior and Local Assemblies, Nourredine Yazid Zerhouni, has revealed that the measures related to the issuing of biometric passports and national identity cards don't compel the veiled women to take off entirely their headscarves and don't also oblige bearded men to shave completely their beards for the taking of biometric photographs.