Colombo: Sri Lanka's cabinet on Tuesday (April 27, 2021) approved a proposal to ban all face niqab in public places citing threats to national security. However, niqab is allowed to be worn to deal with Covid-19. The move comes at a time when Public Security Minister Sart Veersekara signed a paper in March asking for cabinet approval to ban the burqa. Tell us that the burqa is used by Muslim women to cover the face and body.
Cabinet spokesperson and Information Minister Kehalia Rambukvela, without referring to the burqa, said that all face-covering niqab is banned in public places. He said the decision was taken two years ago when several terror attacks on churches and hotels took place one after the other on Easter Sunday. The minister further said, "All kinds of niqab are a threat to national security. In this way, it will include all kinds of burqas and niqab. The proposal will now have to be approved by Parliament to give the shape of a law.
Sri Lanka Cabinet spokesperson and Information Minister Kehalia Rambukvela said the decision to cover faces in a public place in Sri Lanka was taken two years ago when a deadly bomb was detonated by Islamic fundamentalists in a Sri Lankan church during Easter. More than 250 people were killed in that attack. After which the government had decided that a ban would be imposed on the face-covering niqab in public places.
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