COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Catholic archbishop appealed to the country's Muslims on Wednesday to reject extremism and join Catholics in determining the truth behind Easter Sunday suicide ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A spate of attacks against mosques, shrines and followers of Sufi sheikhs in Sri Lanka more than a decade ago point to early warning signs of fundamentalism taking root ...
The end of the civil war brought hopes that the country could become united. But attacks by radical Buddhists suggest Sri Lanka faces a new challenge to internal harmony. Colombo’s suburb of Dehiwala ...
FILE - In this Monday, June 3, 2019, file photo, Sri Lanka's Muslim cabinet members Rishard Bathiudeen, center, and A.H.M. Fowsie, right, leave after addressing media in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Four Sri ...
A Sri Lankan police officer stands guard at the main entrance of St. Theresa's church during Catholic services. AFP/Getty Images KINIYAMA, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka widened a curfew on Monday after ...
OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL in southern Sri Lanka on December 22nd, a handful of Muslim men bowed their heads against the rain, chanting prayers as an unpolished coffin was loaded into an ambulance. They were ...
(New York) – Sri Lanka’s requirement to cremate anyone who dies from Covid-19 goes against public health guidance and discriminates against the Muslim community, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...
COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan Catholic archbishop appealed to the country’s Muslims on Wednesday to reject extremism and join Catholics in determining the truth behind Easter ...
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