{"id":9469,"date":"2019-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/sri-lanka-has-banned-burqas-following-terror-bombings\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T00:00:00","slug":"sri-lanka-has-banned-burqas-following-terror-bombings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/sri-lanka-has-banned-burqas-following-terror-bombings\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Has BANNED Burqas Following Terror Bombings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sri Lankan authorities have banned face coverings, including burqas, following the Easter Sunday terror attack that killed more than 250 people.<\/h3>\n<p>The garment, worn by some Muslim women, has reportedly been deemed &#8220;a security risk and a flag of fundamentalism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from the president\u2019s office:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPresident Maithripala Sirisena took this decision to further support the ongoing security and help the armed forces to easily identify the identity of any wanted perpetrators.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Calling burqas &quot;a security risk and a flag of fundamentalism,&quot; Sri Lanka&#39;s president is banning the garment worn by some Muslim women. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#9News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l19xX9XJRc\">https:\/\/t.co\/l19xX9XJRc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nine News Adelaide (@9NewsAdel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsAdel\/status\/1122656743572557825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lankan authorities have banned face coverings, including burqas, following the Easter Sunday terror attack that killed more than 250 people. The garment, worn by some Muslim women, has reportedly been deemed &#8220;a security risk and a flag of fundamentalism&#8221;. 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