Sri Lanka Muslims – level 1

Sri Lanka Muslims

19-03-2021 07:00

Around 10% of people in Sri Lanka are Muslims. Some Muslim women wear burqas. A burqa covers the face and body. More women in Sri Lanka start to wear burqas. It is a problem for the government. The government bans burqas.

All children between 5 and 16 years must go to school there. Some schools in Sri Lanka do not keep the government’s rules. They are schools for Muslims. The government wants to close more than 1,000 schools for Muslims.

Last year, the government makes a new rule. People who die from COVID-19 must have cremation. It is a problem for Muslims. They do not usually do it. Some countries are not happy with this rule. The Sri Lanka government changes it again.

Difficult words: Muslim (a person who follows the religion of Islam), ban (to officially say that something is not possible), cremation (when somebody dies and people burn his body).

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