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Sri Lanka bans burqas for 'public protection' after bomb attacks
By Theresa Waldrop. CNN
Updated at 0900 GMT (1700 HKT) April 29, 2019
(CNN) — Calling burqas "a security risk and a flag of fundamentalism," Sri Lanka's president is banning the garment worn by some Muslim women.
The move follows a series of bombings on Easter Sunday that killed more than 250 people and wounded at least 500 in Sri Lankan churches and hotels.
"President Maithripala Sirisena took this decision to further support the ongoing security and help the armed forces to easily identify the identity of any wanted perpetrators," according to a press release from the president's office.
The ban goes into effect Monday.
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/04/28...rqa/index.html
By Theresa Waldrop. CNN
Updated at 0900 GMT (1700 HKT) April 29, 2019
(CNN) — Calling burqas "a security risk and a flag of fundamentalism," Sri Lanka's president is banning the garment worn by some Muslim women.
The move follows a series of bombings on Easter Sunday that killed more than 250 people and wounded at least 500 in Sri Lankan churches and hotels.
"President Maithripala Sirisena took this decision to further support the ongoing security and help the armed forces to easily identify the identity of any wanted perpetrators," according to a press release from the president's office.
The ban goes into effect Monday.
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/04/28...rqa/index.html
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