The Sri Lankan government will consider banning the burqa two years after ISIS fanatics killed 260 people in bombings of churches and hotels. The minister for law and order, Sarath Weerasekara, said the full face covering worn by Muslim women was a national security risk. 'In our early days Muslim women and girls never wore the burqa,' he said. 'It is a sign of religious extremism that came about recently. We are definitely going to ban it.' The burqa was temporarily outlawed in the days after the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings of three churches and three luxury hotels in Colombo, which left eight Britons dead.