Sri Lanka News News Sri Lanka » Religion: Sri Lanka’s Protests Transcend Ethnic, Religious Divisions
Sri Lankans hold up their mobile phone torches during a vigil condemning police shooting at protesters in Rambukkana, 90 kilometers (55 miles) northeast of Colombo, at a protest outside the ...
News Sri Lanka » Religion: Sri Lankans Are Positive About Religious Diversity, Says Pew Survey
Although Sri Lanka suffered decades of violent ethnic conflict, Sri Lankans seem to have positive attitudes toward people of other religions – despite the fact that most see religion as key to their ...
News Sri Lanka » Religion: Nationalism of two kinds threatens Sri Lanka’s Christians
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 » Religion: Growing up during Sri Lanka’s civil war taught me that getting along with people across divides is a virtue we can learn
(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 ...
News Sri Lanka » Religion: 6. Religious diversity and national identity
Many people throughout the countries surveyed – including all major religious groups – express a general acceptance of religious diversity. For example, large majorities in each country say they would ...
News Sri Lanka » Religion: Buddhist monks rally in Sri Lanka to pressure the government for a wider role in affairs of state
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Hundreds of Buddhist monks rallied in the capital of Sri Lanka on Friday to protest alleged government disrespect of their religion and disregard for a long-standing tradition ...
News Sri Lanka » Religion: How religious groups should respond to Sri Lanka’s crisis
Development professionals said religious leaders can help to mitigate the psychosocial effects of the current crisis by providing guidance and collective meditations while also providing support in ...
News Sri Lanka » Religion: Religions together against violence in north-eastern Sri Lanka
Representatives of different faiths in northern Sri Lanka have expressed "abhorrence" and "disgust" about recently escalated indiscriminate killings in the island's civil conflict. They have called on ...
News Sri Lanka » Religion: Vietnam, Sri Lanka seek deeper Buddhist cooperation
Vietnam and Sri Lanka are moving to deepen Buddhist and cultural cooperation, with both sides seeking to turn a newly signed memorandum into concrete exchanges, heritage projects and long-term ties.
News Sri Lanka » Religion: Sri Lanka, Christian students discriminated against: no religion exam in English
Colombo (AsiaNews) - Thousands of Catholic parents in Sri Lanka have written letters to the president and the country's education minister to ask that Catholic and Christian students can have classes ...
News Sri Lanka » Religion: Sri Lanka sets up special unit to probe 'insults to religion'
Sri Lanka has established a special police unit to probe insults to religion after a controversial pastor and a self-proclaimed monk were held for deriding Lord Buddha and Buddhism. "A distinct unit ...