COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government imposed a nationwide state of emergency Tuesday after mob attacks against the minority Muslim population in a central district, violence that has ...

KOTTAMPITIYA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police arrested 23 people on Tuesday in connection with a spate of attacks on Muslim-owned homes and shops in apparent reprisal for the Easter bombings ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire gutted a Muslim-owned clothing chain in a Sri Lanka district Saturday where days earlier Buddhist mobs attacked Muslim shops in deadly violence condemned by the ...

KURUNEGALA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - On May 23 Sri Lankan newspaper Divaina, known for its nationalist stance, published a front page article alleging a Muslim doctor had secretly sterilized 4,000 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — At 12:10 p.m. Friday, men and boys in a Muslim neighborhood in Sri Lanka’s capital did something everyone had warned them not to do: They came together to pray. Hundreds ...

Rights activists have criticized the Sri Lankan government for withholding the results of Muslim students who appeared for an advanced-level exam wearing a hijab or headscarf. The results of 70 Muslim ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Attacks against mosques, shrines and followers of Sufi sheikhs in Sri Lanka more than a decade ago point to early warning signs of fundamentalism taking root among a ...

Mobs made up mostly of Sri Lanka's predominately Buddhist Sinhalese majority torched Muslim homes and businesses in the island-nation's central hills near Kandy, a day after the government imposed a ...

This weekend Sri Lanka celebrates Vesak which marks the birth, enlightenment and the passing of the Buddha over 2,500 years ago on Saturday and Sunday. The most important Buddhist celebration ...

Government officials in Sri Lanka are withholding exam results from 70 Muslim women and girls because their head coverings allegedly covered their ears while they took their exams. The decision ...

The #MehendiForJustice Campaign, led by Muslim women in Sri Lanka, calls for reforms to the Muslim family law. Credit: #MehendiForJustice Campaign Subscribe for ads-free reading On a humid morning in ...

Muslims in Sri Lanka are on edge. They're a religious minority in Sri Lanka - about 10% of the population. In recent years, they've been targeted by extremist Buddhist mobs setting fire to homes and ...