In the aftermath of eight string of blasts that shook Sri Lanka’s Colombo, the country has called to ban all facial coverings from Monday, April 29.
It was reported on April 23 that the Sri Lankan government is planning to implement the move in consultation with the mosque authorities.
Defence sources said that a number of female accomplices of incidents in Dematagoda too had escaped wearing burqas, the report said.
A string of powerful blasts, suspected to be carried on by National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) jihadist group, ripped through three churches and as many luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 253 people and injuring more than 500 others, shattering a decade of peace in the country following the end of the brutal civil war with the LTTE.
Sri Lanka adopting the burqa ban, now joins the group of nations in Asia, Africa, and Europe that have done so in the interest of preventing terrorists from using the burqa to evade police or hide explosives.
Among the nations that have enacted a ban on the item are Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, Morocco, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Belgium, and Xinjiang, a Muslim-majority province in northwestern China.
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This is a good proactive move by SL authorities. If religious symbolism is used to perpetrate violence against innocents then it should be removed from a normal democratic society whose government has duty to protect their citizens
Very Sad and tragic happend in Srilanka it pains. Same thing happened in Kashmir which was worest in a secular India. No action every one busy in their own affairs.
God bless India.
It will be better if high level meetings are held with top leaders of Muslim Community (both men and women) and these matters are discussed and find the permanent solution world wide in the interest of humanity.