Egypt
has imposed restrictions on women travelling to Turkey, months after
introducing similar measures for men to stop them joining the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant group.
Women aged
18 to 40 are now required to obtain a security clearance before going to
Turkey, a senior police officer told the AFP news agency on Sunday.
“A security
clearance can be acquired within 72 hours, and it is now mandatory for
women travelling to this country (Turkey),” the officer said.
The restriction took effect on Thursday, a Cairo airport official said.
In March,
Egypt’s state-sponsored Islamic authority, Dar al-Ifta, warned women
against marrying ISIL fighters who wooed them over the internet to
travel to ISIL-controlled territory in Syria.
The compulsory security clearance for men, introduced in December, applies to Libya as well as Turkey.
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