The black costume of Muslim Ladies is out…A coloured ‘Abaya’ costume instead .
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, July 12, 2014 | 0 comments
Sri Lanka Muslim council is planning to introduce a new costume to Sri Lankan Muslim ladies instead of the present black long gown dress.
This costume used by the Muslim ladies world wide is called “Abaya” and Sri Lankan Muslim ladies wear “black Abayas”
Expressing the reasons for this new program the vice president of the council Hilmi Ahamad says that the Abayas in other colours are very expensive in the market.
He said that low cost colorful “abayas” will be introduced to the market.Expressing the ideas on behalf of Muslim ladies, Anberia Haneefa said that colorful “abaya” costume is more beautiful than the black one.
Ameena Hussain, a writer said that ancient days Muslim ladies used to wear sarees instead of black Abaya.
She further said that there is no rule in the religion that black Abaya should be worn.
Sri Lanka Muslim council says that there will be a program organized to give away colourful Abaya free to the poor families.
