However, the decision to ban face veil comes as a surprise to people who were discussing the issue of the face veil with government Minister Thalatha Athukorala and the ACJU in the last couple of days. Meanwhile, in view of the security situation in the country, the ACJU issued a press release requesting Muslim women to remove the face veil when necessary. It did not say that Muslim should not wear the face veil. After the meeting ended successfully, came a press release from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe saying that he is not opposing a ban on the face veil. “I had asked for two weeks’ time to get the message across to all Muslim women in the country.

Source: bd News24 April 28, 2019 18:22 UTC