In Sri Lanka, Muslims replacing Tamils as perceived enemy
Attacks on mosques stir anew religious tensions in Sri Lanka, where about 9 per cent of the population — 1.4 million — practise Islam.
Attacks on mosques in Sri Lanka have stirred anew religious tensions in this country, where about 9 per cent of the population — 1.4 million — practise Islam. Here a Muslim woman walks past a police barricade outside a mosque vandalized in Colombo in August, 2013.
By: Rosie Dimanno Toronto Star, Published on Mon Jan 13 2014
COLOMBO—Cellphone cameras captured the ugly scene: Muslims being chased through the streets by maddened Buddhists.
