Pakistan Ambassador on Monday criticized the Sri Lankan government’s plan to ban the wearing of burqa in Sri Lanka. He said that such ‘divisive steps’ in the name of security would not only hurt the sentiments of Muslims, but would also reinforce widespread apprehensions about the fundamental human rights of minorities in the island nation.
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Saad Khattak’s remarks come at a time when Sri Lankan Public Safety Minister Sarat Veera Sekhara has taken an important step to ban the wearing of the burqa three days ago. He signed a letter on Friday seeking approval from Cabinet ministers to ban the burqa, citing national security.
‘The work of hurting the feelings of Muslims’
Posting on Twitter a news report on Sri Lanka’s proposal to ban burqas and other face-covering clothes, Khattak said, ‘The plan to ban the mask as a hurt to the sentiments of ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims and Muslims around the world Will work.
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Switzerland also took action on banning the burqa
A few days ago the people of Switzerland approved the proposal to cover the hijab and burqa of some Muslim women in the country and ban the masks used by the protesters with some exemptions. After this proposal is approved during a vote, face-covering will be prohibited while walking on restaurants, playgrounds, public transport modes or roads.
However, wearing masks while going to religious places and protecting them from health reasons, such as COVID-19, will be exempt. With this decision of Switzerland, his anti-Muslim image is being created in the world. After France, Switzerland has now come under the target of Muslim supporters. The ban on the burqa has been a cause of confrontation between the two factions. On the one hand, while people are describing this decision as a step taken against ‘radical Islam’, on the other hand some people are calling it ‘racial’.
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