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In the aftermath of the Easter bombings, factors fuelling the gradual rise of Wahhabi extremism in Sri Lanka are at the forefront.
Investigations have identified the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) – a Wahabi faction from Kattankudy, near Batticaloa – as the perpetrators of Sri Lanka’s Easter (...)
The bloody Easter attacks in Sri Lanka confirm the extent to which the spread of terrorism has become a major feature of the international situation and demands the affirmation of active solidarity with all the communities that fall victim to it.
On the morning of Sunday 21 April 2019 suicide (...)
Posted below are some statements by citizens groups in Sri Lanka in response to the massive bombing attacks on the 2019 Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka [More to be added.].
On April 21, 2019, a series of coordinated bomb explosions killed hundreds in Sri Lanka as they congregated for Easter Sunday (...)
It is important to focus on popular solidarities and commonalities, instead of yielding to insecurity.
The first reaction of disbelief after receiving news of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, with more than 350 now confirmed dead, has not dissipated. The emotions are reminiscent to what (...)
Posted below are some statements of solidarity with Sri Lankans in response to the massive bombing attacks killing on the 2019 Easter Sunday [More to be added.].
Canada: The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) strongly condemns the attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.
The Canadian (...)
It is clear that the attacks on Easter Sunday were carried out by local radicals, under the pressure s of foreign fundamentalists. It is also clear that there is little support for this group from the wider Muslim community. While those involved could be swiftly INCLUDING identified and dealt (...)
FROM CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, to Xinjiang, China, there is a war on Muslims. Many of us have spent years writing about it and condemning it. But let’s be clear: From the Middle East to parts of Asia and Africa, there is a war on Christians too.
On Sunday, as Sri Lanka’s minority Christian (...)
After 10 years of uneasy peace, many fear the bombings will push Sri Lanka into a new era of bloodshed.
On Easter Sunday, eight bombs exploded in churches and hotels in three Sri Lankan cities, killing more than 300 people and wounding hundreds more. Sri Lankans have lived through a brutal (...)
Politicians and police have done little to halt the persecution of religious minorities. That will change now, but it’s already too late.
My first reaction was panic. As I woke up to the horrific scenes from churches and hotels in Sri Lanka; to news of the dead, dying and injured, on a day of (...)
Statement condemning the continued attacks on religious places of worship by Buddhist extremist mobs, the inaction of the Police and the silence of the mainstream religions and the mass media.
We the undersigned, strongly condemn the continuing attacks on places of worship by Buddhist (...)
Grandpass mosque incident is in a way to an answer to the Weliweriya mass uprising. In spite of stories made by the pro government media, the protest of masses against water pollution started due to pressing needs.
Water in that whole area was becoming unusable for day to day home use. Acid (...)
URING THE 1990S, the ethnic wars in the crumbling Balkans were often ascribed to what the media called “ancient hatreds”, a self-feeding cycle of fighting and vengeance with its roots deep in history: the Serbs were said to have detested the Croats since World War II and the Albanians since 1389. (...)
Four years after the brutal assault on the Tamil population and the killing of between 8—10,000 Tamils by the Sri Lankan army, there is trouble again. The saffron-robed fanatics, led by the BBS—Bodu Bala Sena: the most active and pernicious of Buddhist fundamentalist groups that have sprouted in (...)
Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero, the Chief Priest at the Rangiri Dambulla Viharaya was in the forefront in recent times leading a protest at Dambulla to relocate a mosque which was within the sacred Vihara land, disputed by the Muslim fraternity. The issue is yet on the boil and the government (...)
BANGALORE – Sri Lanka’s Muslim community is insecure and angry. A mosque in the central town of Dambulla was attacked with petrol bombs and vandalized around 10 days ago by a mob led by radical Buddhist monks. To add insult to injury, the government has bowed to the mob’s demand and ordered the (...)
It is with great concern that we the undersigned protest against the growing trend of increasing religious intolerance in Sri Lanka with regard to minority religions.
We specifically condemn the recent violent attack on the Mosque in Dambulla by a group of anti social actors. The Hindu (...)
The island nation’s government is receiving new support from an unusual political group.
Colombo, Sri Lanka - As the war that has ravaged Sri Lanka for 25 years once again degenerates into widespread violence, the government is receiving new support from an unusual political group.
They (...)
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