TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sri Lanka’s government imposed a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday after mob attacks against the minority Muslim population in a central district, violence that has highlighted the country’s fragility as it tries to recover from decades of civil war.
News ID: 3465338 Publish Date : 2018/03/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The tense situation that had prevailed in the Ampara town in eastern Sri Lanka Monday night after a group of Buddhists attacked a Muslim shop and a mosque, has presently been brought under control, police said on Tuesday.
News ID: 3465301 Publish Date : 2018/02/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Unity in view of Quran was the theme of a meeting held in Sri Lanka on the occasion of the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) birthday anniversary.
News ID: 3464620 Publish Date : 2017/12/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Prominent Iranian Qari Hamed Alizadeh, who won the top title in Malaysia’s international Quran contest in Malaysia last year, is on a visit to Sri Lanka.
News ID: 3464584 Publish Date : 2017/12/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Muhammad Abrar is still in shock, nearly a week after his house in Ampitiya village in the southern Sri Lankan town of Ginthota came under attack from a Sinhalese-Buddhist mob.
News ID: 3464511 Publish Date : 2017/11/25
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka is on the rise and feeding Buddhist nationalism.
News ID: 3464481 Publish Date : 2017/11/22
Sri Lanka Quran Association recently held a Quran memorization contest for students at different schools of Colombo city.
News ID: 2611282 Publish Date : 2014/11/24
The teachings of the Holy Quran have helped the Muslims of Sri Lanka to live in harmony with other communities in our country through many centuries as they continue to do so today.
News ID: 1457242 Publish Date : 2014/10/06
Sri Lankan legislators have called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa to protect the country’s Muslim minority against Buddhist extremists.
News ID: 1402584 Publish Date : 2014/05/03
A seminar titled “Haj; a symbol of Islamic unity” was organized by the Iranian Cultural Center in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
News ID: 1377465 Publish Date : 2014/02/21
