Send A top Sri Lankan minister said on Tuesday that a radical cleric, who is now under detention, has been identified as the mastermind of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians.
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Colombo:
Nine suicide bombers, belonging to local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS, carried out coordinated blasts that tore through three churches and as many luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on the Easter Sunday in 2019. Naufer Moulavi was the mastermind (of the Easter bombings), Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekera told reporters here.
Weerasekera said that the cleric was assisted by another person identified as Hajjul Akbar.
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Sri Lanka Announces Burqa Ban as Easter Jihad Anniversary Approaches
The government of Sri Lanka announced this weekend it would implement a nationwide ban on
burqas, Islamic coverings for women that shield the entire face, arguing the garment presents “national security” risks.
As the federal government does not have the unilateral power to implement such a ban, ministers will reportedly be working alongside lawmakers to draft it into law. Reports indicated the government in Colombo will accompany this move with the shutdown of hundreds of
madrassas, or Islamic schools, operating without government license or supervision in an attempt to diminish the influence of radical jihadist ideology.