COLOMBO/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ambassador in Colombo and a United Nations expert have expressed concerns over Sri Lanka’s proposed move to ban the wearing of burqas. Pakistan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, Saad Khattak, tweeted the ban would “only serve as injury to the feelings of ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims and Muslims across the globe.”https://t.co/BjrnFSoesOThe likely ban on Niqab #SriLanka will only serve as injury to the feelings of ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims and Muslims across the globe. Sri Lanka to ban burkas, shut Islamic schools for ‘national security’ https://t.co/w0dhgtMUc8 — Ahmed Shaheed (@ahmedshaheed) March 13, 2021BURQA BAN JUST A ‘PROPOSAL’:Meanwhile, Sri Lanka said on Tuesday a call to ban the wearing of the burqa was “merely a proposal”. The Sri Lanka foreign ministry said a decision had not yet been taken on what it described as “merely a proposal… under discussion”. The decision to ban burqas and seminaries is the latest move affecting Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims.

Source: Pakistan Today March 16, 2021 07:23 UTC