No Mass for Sri Lanka’s Catholics; veils for Muslim women banned
- 5 years ago
Still shaken after the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka,... the country is banning face coverings like the Burka ... and Catholics avoided church on Sunday amid fears over new attacks.
The closing of all of Sri Lanka's Catholic churches came after local officials and the U.S. Embassy in Colombo warned that more militants remained on the loose with explosives a week after the bombings claimed by the Islamic State group.
The emergency law that bans all kinds of face coverings that may conceal people's identity will take effect in Sri Lanka on Monday.
Officials say people's faces should be fully visible so they could be identified.
The closing of all of Sri Lanka's Catholic churches came after local officials and the U.S. Embassy in Colombo warned that more militants remained on the loose with explosives a week after the bombings claimed by the Islamic State group.
The emergency law that bans all kinds of face coverings that may conceal people's identity will take effect in Sri Lanka on Monday.
Officials say people's faces should be fully visible so they could be identified.