DUBAI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Islamist militant Osama bin Laden's righthand man condemned French moves to ban the Muslim veil in state schools in a new tape aired by an Arab television channel on Tuesday which also attacked secular Muslim countries.
"This is a new sign of the Crusader hatred which Westerners harbour against Muslims while they boast of freedom, democracy and human rights," the voice, which sounded like previous audio tapes attributed to bin Laden aide Ayman al-Zawahri, said on the Dubai-based Al Arabiya.
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"France is the country of freedom which defends freedom to show the body, and to be immoral and depraved. In France you're free to show yourself but not to dress modestly," said the Egyptian Zawahri, who is thought to be hiding with bin Laden in the mountains between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"This is a campaign planned by the Crusader Zionists (Israel supporters) with their agents in Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia and other Islamic countries," Zawahri said, in an attack on Muslim countries which have made moves to secularise their societies along Western lines.
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