Tags - Sri Lanka
As Buddhist hard-liners hold their first meeting after the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka , concerns have grown among Muslims as they fear from a backlash from such groups.
News ID: 445900 Publish Date : 2019/07/08
Rights Group:
Muslims in Sri Lanka are facing abuses, according to a global human rights body, which has accused the Sinhalese government of complicity in excesses against the community.
News ID: 445873 Publish Date : 2019/07/07
Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom’s ultra-conservative Wahhabi school for planting the seeds of militancy that culminated in deadly Easter bomb attacks.
News ID: 445847 Publish Date : 2019/07/05
Terrorists from the Daesh group are likely to conduct attacks in India and Sri Lanka , a report says, citing intelligence.
News ID: 445524 Publish Date : 2019/06/20
All of Sri Lanka 's Muslim ministers and their deputies resigned from their portfolios after accusing the government of failing to guarantee the security of the nation's minority Muslim community amid fears of attacks following the Easter suicide bombings.
News ID: 445264 Publish Date : 2019/06/05
Fifteen people, including six children, have been killed during a gun battle between Sri Lanka police and suspected militants, nearly a week after at least 250 people lost their lives in a string of bombings.
News ID: 444503 Publish Date : 2019/04/27
Protest in Trafalgar Square in London against the terrorist attack in Sri Lanka .
News ID: 444501 Publish Date : 2019/04/27
President Maithripala Sirisena says the country's police and security forces are looking for more than 100 individuals with links to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
News ID: 444485 Publish Date : 2019/04/27
Ayatollah Khamenei:
Rasa - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Asian countries should enhance cooperation in a bid to boost their strength.
News ID: 437670 Publish Date : 2018/05/13
Rasa – During a meeting, Ayatollah Arafi presented a report on the activities of al-Mustafa International University saying, “All religious and academic centres in the world must pay special attention to major issues that mankind is faced with in present world.”
News ID: 437462 Publish Date : 2018/05/04
Rasa - Police in Sri Lanka have stepped up security around mosques ahead of Friday prayers to try to prevent more violence against Muslims, who have been targeted by Buddhist mobs for several days despite a state of emergency.
News ID: 436773 Publish Date : 2018/03/09
Rasa – A Shi’ah mosque in eastern Sri Lanka has attacked by Wahhabis.
News ID: 430213 Publish Date : 2017/06/09
Rasa - Sri Lanka -based Western diplomats have urged the Colombo government to investigate anti-Muslim hate crimes after a series of attacks targeted mosques and Muslim-owned businesses on the Buddhist-majority island.
News ID: 430040 Publish Date : 2017/06/01
The Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka:
Rasa – The Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Ranjith, described inter-religious dialogue as necessary in today’s world.
News ID: 3952 Publish Date : 2016/02/15