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Sri Lankan government will not rush through process to ban burqas: Cabinet Spokesman
Muslims make up about 9% of the 22 million people in Sri Lanka, where Buddhists account for more than 70% of the population.
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A burqa clad Sri Lankan Muslim woman walks in a street of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP) By PTI
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government will not rush through the process to ban burqas and the decision on the issue would be taken after reaching a consensus, a senior minister said on Tuesday.
The Cabinet spokesman s remarks came a day after Pakistan s envoy to Colombo Saad Khattak criticised the Sri Lankan government s plan to ban the wearing of burqas in the country, saying such divisive steps in the name of security will not only hurt the sentiments of Muslims but also strengthen wider apprehensions about the fundamental human rights of minorities in the island nation.
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