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Burqa ban in Lanka soon
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Sri Lanka will soon join several other countries that have banned burqa –a long, loose garment covering the body from head to toe – on security grounds. Describing the burqa as a symbol of extremism, Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera on Friday said he had signed a cabinet paper to impose the ban. However, there is confusion as to whether the authorities will allow Niqab that covers a woman’s body except the eyes – as seen in this picture taken in Colombo yesterday. Pic by M. A. Pushpa Kumara