Tuareg men wear a veil (tagelmust) for all of the following reasons, except __________.

The tagelmust protects Tuareg men from wind and blowing sand, and it can serve hygienic, cultural, and spiritual purposes. Sharia law does not require Muslim men generally to wear veils; the tagelmust is a Tuareg cultural tradition, not a universal Islamic requirement. Therefore the exception is “because Sharia law dictates that Muslim men must wear veils.”

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