Sri Lanka’s Christians have a long history that reflects the dynamics of colonialism as well as present-day ethnic and religious tensions.
Sri Lanka’s Christians have a long history that reflects the dynamics of colonialism as well as present-day ethnic and religious tensions.
Vice President Mike Pence is calling Sunday’s Sri Lankan terrorist attack that resulted in at least 290 deaths and 500 injuries an “attack on Christianity” and religious freedom.
Nearly 300 people were killed and some 500 injured across Sri Lanka as the result of six suicide bombings at churches and hotels on Sunday.
Police in Sri Lanka arrested a Christian who reported a Buddhist mob’s threat on his life, according to an advocacy group in the island country.
Attacks and other actions against Christians in Sri Lanka have escalated this year, with Hindu extremism beginning to take root along with long-time Buddhist aggression, according to rights advocates.
The death toll from massive mudslides in Sri Lanka has risen to over 200, with 96 others reportedly missing.
Thanks to its promotion by figures from Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Buddhism in the West presents a ‘peaceful’ face. Yet Christians in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka, as well as other minority religions, see things differently.
Landslides in Sri Lanka have devastated several villages and have buried up to 220 families, according to the Associated Press.
A landslide in the south-central village of Haldummulla, Sri Lanka, has caused the deaths of at least 10 people. Another 300 people have been reported missing.
