Sri Lanka moves to ban burqas and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools
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Sri Lanka says the ban is coming in for national security reasons.
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Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools in the latest actions affecting the country s minority Muslim population.
Key points:
The wearing of the burqa has been banned in Sri Lanka before
It is the latest move against the country s Muslim population, which was also ordered to cremate COVID victims, which goes against Islamic tradition
Minister for Public Security Sarath Weerasekera said he had signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the full-face covering worn by some Muslim women on national security grounds.
Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country's minority Muslim population.
Updated Mar 13, 2021 | 18:10 IST
Minister for public security Sarath Weerasekera said he had signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the full-face covering worn by some Muslim women on national security grounds. The wearing of the burqa in the majority-Buddhist nation was temporarily banned in 2019
New Delhi: Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country s minority Muslim population.
Minister for public security Sarath Weerasekera told a news conference he had signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the full-face covering worn by some Muslim women on national security grounds.
Minister for public security Sarath Weerasekera told a news conference he had signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the full face covering worn by some Muslim women on "national security" grounds.