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Published on: Monday 31 August 2026
For decades, religious persecution in Sri Lanka was framed mainly as Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist campaigns against Christians and Muslims, but a growing body of research points to a less-examined ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern » Religion: Buddhist Vesak festival brings religions together in Sri Lanka
News channel or source: https://www.ucanews.com/news/buddhist-vesak-festival-brings-religions-together-in-sri-lanka/109006
Published on: Thursday 15 May 2025
The Buddhist Vesak festival celebrations in Sri Lanka have evolved into an interreligious affair, with more Hindus and Christians participating in the festivities, observers say. Christians and Hindus ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern » Religion: Growing up during Sri Lanka’s civil war taught me that getting along with people across divides is a virtue we can learn
News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2026/03/26/growing-up-during-sri-lankas-civil-war-taught-me-that-getting-along-with-people-across-divides-is-a-virtue-we-can-learn/
Published on: Thursday 26 March 2026
(The Conversation) — A scholar who studies the virtues that help people sustain relationships across faiths and cultures describes what being a child during the war taught him about practicing ...