By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline and ApPublished: 10:26 EDT, 27 April 2021 | Updated: 11:07 EDT, 27 April 2021Sri Lanka's Cabinet today approved a proposed ban on wearing the burqa in public two years after ISIS terrorists killed 260 people in bombings of churches and hotels. The proposal will now be sent to the Attorney General's Department and must be approved by Parliament to become law. Sri Lanka's Cabinet today approved a proposed ban on wearing the burqa in public two years after ISIS terrorists killed 260 people in bombings of churches and hotels. The most deadly blasts were at the two Roman Catholic churches, the Shrine of St Anthony and St Sebastian's, where 171 worshippers were killed. The Cabinet's approval of the proposed burqa ban comes despite the UN special rapporteur on freedom on religion or belief saying it would violate international law.

Source: The Nation April 27, 2021 15:45 UTC