Where women are required to wear religious attire by law around the world

Fifty countries around the world regulated women's religious attire in 2012 and 2013.

The Pew Research Centre found that in 2013, 12 of those countries had a law requiring women to wear particular dress, while 39 had laws limiting attire.

Four countries in the Middle East and North Africa had laws requiring religious dress - Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

This was also the case for Somalia and for six countries in Asia and the Pacific - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Iran and Malaysia.

Russia bans women from wearing headscarves, hijabs or niqabs in Stavropol, but has laws requiring hijabs in all public buildings in Chechnya.