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Sri Lanka to ban burqa and close 1,000 Islamic schools
.theguardian.com ^ | 13 Mar 2021 12.26 EST

Posted on 03/14/2021 5:24:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Sri Lanka has announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security.

“The burqa has a direct impact on national security,” Weerasekara told a ceremony at a Buddhist temple on Saturday. “In our early days, we had a lot of Muslim friends, but Muslim women and girls never wore the burqa,” Weerasekara said, according to video footage sent by his ministry. “It is a sign of religious extremism that came about recently....”

The wearing of burqas was temporarily banned in 2019 after the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 260 people. Two local Muslim groups that had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have been blamed for the attacks at six locations – two Roman Catholic churches, one Protestant church and three top hotels.

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ban; burqa; ceylon; srilanka

1 posted on 03/14/2021 5:24:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Finally some sanity


2 posted on 03/14/2021 5:29:00 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: BenLurkin

Nuke ‘em till they glow, let their god sort ‘em out.


3 posted on 03/14/2021 5:37:55 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (I survived the great Texas freeze out. I may not survive biden...)
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To: BenLurkin

Good, this is excellent news. Three cheers for Sri Lanka!


4 posted on 03/14/2021 5:46:31 AM PDT by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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To: BenLurkin

Expect more IEDs in response to the decision


5 posted on 03/14/2021 5:54:02 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: BenLurkin

schools? TOTALITARIAN indoctrination centers.

https://archive.org/details/thequranicconceptofwarskmalik

HOORAY Sri Lanka


6 posted on 03/14/2021 6:14:36 AM PDT by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: ronnie raygun

Smarter n’ US


7 posted on 03/14/2021 6:34:37 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: BenLurkin

Smart thing to do that the rest of the civilized world should do.


8 posted on 03/14/2021 6:38:22 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: BenLurkin

9 posted on 03/14/2021 6:44:58 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition

10 posted on 03/14/2021 6:54:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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11 posted on 03/14/2021 8:22:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

Does this mean the annual big Spring Break Wet Burqua Contest is canceled? So much tourism money rides on that weekend.


12 posted on 03/14/2021 8:32:21 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen votingop & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Daffynition

Airline interior photo....

Actually that was part of a big promotion at a Sri Lankan laundry chain. Wash and fold full bags at half price for all ticket holders.


13 posted on 03/14/2021 8:35:17 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen votingop & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Daffynition

Airplane interior photo....

Guy in seat next to his mother, talking to Muslim woman in burqua:
“Hey, if you don’t already have a date for the Call to Prayer when we arrive maybe we could go together. Take down your face covering for a second. Lemme see you smile.”

(Woman does so.)

Guy: “Yipes. Uh, well, I mean, put back the covering. Maybe we can talk again sometime later on. Much later.”


14 posted on 03/14/2021 8:40:20 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen votingop & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: frank ballenger
No ticky, no laundry!


15 posted on 03/14/2021 9:00:50 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition

Biden photo....

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16 posted on 03/14/2021 9:04:15 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen votingop & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: BenLurkin

Bookmark


17 posted on 03/14/2021 9:07:20 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: frank ballenger

:)


18 posted on 03/14/2021 9:12:36 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: frank ballenger

Hilarious!


19 posted on 03/14/2021 9:33:41 AM PDT by MonicaG (Stunned... in 2021)
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