Pe retelele sociale au aparut fotografii ale talibanilor care plimba barbati cu fata vopsita in negru, legati cu franghii la gat, pe masura ce temerile privind re-impuner.
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The Foreign Secretary, Jayanath Colombage, has said that a decision has not been taken by the government to impose such a ban and that it is merely a proposal which is under discussion
As Sri Lanka reconsiders and reworks its proposal as well as re-evaluates the political backlash this move caused and is likely to cause again,if and when it returns in the future in some morphed form it is worth exploring some of the arguments around the debate on banning the burqa that has been taking place for some years now in Europe, the UK, the US, Canada, and Australia,and is consequently, spilling over to other parts of the world.
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New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): From mulling burqa ban to de-radicalisation law, the Sri Lankan government has taken several steps as part of a crackdown against Islamic extremism in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings of 2019.
On April 21, 2019, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the capital Colombo were targeted in a series of coordinated terrorist suicide bombings. Over 250 people were killed and scores suffered injuries.
The attacks revived the memories of blood bath and violence of decades-old civil war, which ended in 2009.
The bombings shook the world and shifted the priority of the Sri Lankan government to national security. After the attacks, the government came under tremendous pressure to keep surveillance on Muslims and ban burqa in the country.
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Last week in our segment on RN breakfast you heard about a referendum result in Switzerland that will ban face coverings, including the burqa.
On Sunday, the government of Sri Lanka announced it too is looking at banning the full-face covering worn by some Muslim women. It’s also moving to shut down hundreds of Muslim schools.
Minelle Fernandez is Sri Lanka bureau chief for Al Jazeera.
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