Local Features

How Sri Lankans protected each other during the mob attacks

“The monk protected us. He was the only reason that we weren’t attacked,” said Hassan, a business leader from the community. by  Lisa Fuller ( March 25, 2018, Boston, Sri Lanka Guardian) On March 4th, Sinhala Buddhist mobs began sweeping through Sri Lanka’s Kandy district, hurling petrol bombs at Muslim-owned houses, shops and mosques. The attacks came as a shock, as Sri …

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Sri Lanka’s First Ever Public Open Mosque Day Held

The Visit My Mosque Program, a unique interfaith initiative involving opening up mosques for visitors of other faiths was held at Akbar Mosque in Colombo on 26th of March, 2017. The public ‘Open Mosque Day’ was the first of its kind and was an immense success with nearly 100 visitors participating to learn about Islam and the role of mosques. Visitors were also offered …

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