TEHRAN (IQNA) – Islam in Sri Lanka is practiced by 9.7 percent of the population. According to the 2012 census, 1.9 million people are Muslim.
News ID: 3314726 Publish Date : 2015/06/16
A radical monk who heads a movement accused of stirring violence against Muslims in Myanmar has announced a partnership with a hardline Buddhist group in Sri Lanka to defend their religion.
News ID: 1455881 Publish Date : 2014/09/30
A Quran recitation competition began in Sri Lanka on Saturday for the Maldivians living in the neighboring country.
News ID: 1429367 Publish Date : 2014/07/14
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has reacted to the Buddhist attacks against Muslims in Burma and Sri Lanka.
News ID: 1427434 Publish Date : 2014/07/08
Muslim places of worship and shops in different parts of Sri Lanka have been attacked early Saturday morning, following week-long anti-Muslim violence that has killed three Muslims in the southwestern region of the country.
News ID: 1421532 Publish Date : 2014/06/23
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) called on the United Nations and the international community to condemn attacks on Muslims in Sri Lanka by fanatical Buddhists led by monks demanding boycott of Muslims on racist grounds.
News ID: 1420053 Publish Date : 2014/06/18
At least three Muslims were killed and ۷۵ people seriously injured in violence between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Sri Lankan coastal towns best known as tourist draws, with Muslim homes set ablaze, officials and residents said on Monday.
News ID: 1418330 Publish Date : 2014/06/17
Four of Sri Lanka's most senior hardline Buddhist monks appeared in court on Monday accused of insulting the Quran, in the first such case following a spate of religious hate attacks.
News ID: 1403561 Publish Date : 2014/05/05
A group of hardline Buddhist monks is rallying Sri Lankans against Muslims.
News ID: 1359063 Publish Date : 2014/01/14
