A burqa is a garment worn by some Muslim girls that covers your entire physique, together with the face, with mesh over the eyes.
Sarath Weerasekera, the nation’s minister for public safety, signed a paper on Friday for cupboard approval to ban burqas on “nationwide safety” grounds.
“In our early days Muslim girls and women by no means wore the burqa,” he mentioned in a information convention on Saturday. “It’s a signal of spiritual extremism that happened not too long ago. We’re undoubtedly going to ban it.”
Within the days following the assaults, Sri Lankan intelligence providers mentioned they believed the suicide bombers had clear hyperlinks to ISIS. The alleged mentor and ringleader, Zahran Hashim was a radical Islamist preacher, identified to the authorities and native Muslim neighborhood.
Later that 12 months, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, greatest identified for crushing a decades-long insurgency within the north of the nation as protection secretary, was elected President after promising a crackdown on extremism.
Rajapaksa is accused of widespread rights abuses through the conflict, expenses he denies.
Weerasekera mentioned the federal government plans to ban greater than 1,000 madrassa Islamic faculties that he mentioned had been flouting nationwide training coverage.
“No one can open a college and educate no matter you wish to the youngsters,” he mentioned.