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Sri Lanka arrests top Muslim leader over 2019 Easter attacks
- Apr 24, 2021
Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a prominent Muslim lawmaker and his brother over suspected connections to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people.
Sri Lankan archbishop asks Muslims to reject extremism
- Apr 21, 2021
A Sri Lankan Catholic cardinal appealed to the country’s Muslims on Wednesday to reject extremism and join Catholics in determining the truth behind Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people.
UN condemns Palm Sunday `terrorist act’ on Indonesian church
- Mar 31, 2021
The U.N. Security Council late Tuesday condemned a bombing at an Indonesian church on Palm Sunday as a “cowardly terrorist attack” and called for the perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors to be held accountable.
Indonesia’s cardinal praises national response to suicide bombing
- Mar 30, 2021
A suicide bombing at the Catholic cathedral in Makassar “shocked everybody in Indonesia, not only Catholics,” according to the country’s top prelate.
Newlywed militant suspects blamed in Indonesia church attack
- Mar 29, 2021
A recently married couple with suspected militant links used pressure cooker bombs to blow themselves up outside a Catholic cathedral during Palm Sunday Mass, Indonesian officials said Monday.
Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 14 wounded
- Mar 28, 2021
Two attackers blew themselves up outside a packed Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, wounding at least 14 people, police said.
Sri Lanka to take time to consider proposed ban on burqa
- Mar 16, 2021
Sri Lanka’s government said Tuesday it would take time to consider a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas, which a top security official called a sign of religious extremism.
Concerns rise over Sri Lanka’s move to ban burqas
- Mar 15, 2021
A Pakistani diplomat and a UN expert have expressed concerns over Sri Lanka’s proposed move to ban the wearing of burqas.
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