Tag: Sri Lanka Anti-Muslim Riots

By PK Balachandran, The anti-Muslim riots that rocked several towns in central Sri Lanka in the first week of March were swiftly put down by the army, deployed under a state of emergency clamped on March 6. But by then, scores of Muslim businesses had been burnt or heavily damaged and 24 mosques attacked, four of which were gutted, shattering the minority community’s faith in the government. The police dragged their feet in the early stages but swung into action after the emergency was declared, three days after the violence started...