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Sri Lanka moves to ban burqas and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools
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:
- Muslims make up about 9 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population of 22 million people
- 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.
“In our early days Muslim women and girls never wore the burqa,” he said.
“It is a sign of…
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