In the dark heart of Sri Lanka's anti-Muslim violence
A climate of fear prevails as Buddhist extremism grows
Nafeesathiek Thahira Sahabdeen in her home in Dharga Town, Sri Lanka (Photo by Francis Wade)
Francis Wade, Dharga Town
August 6, 2014
Nafeesathiek Thahira Sahabdeen had been reading from her Quran when she heard a great roar outside, “smashing like a volume of thunderbolts and flames everywhere.” Her bedroom quickly filled with men armed with sticks and iron rods. Many more had swamped the front room of her house, and more waited outside. One man smashed the dressing table in her front room, while others attacked wardrobes and sinks, and threw the Muslim scripture board that hung on her wall to the floor.
A climate of fear prevails as Buddhist extremism grows
Nafeesathiek Thahira Sahabdeen in her home in Dharga Town, Sri Lanka (Photo by Francis Wade)
Francis Wade, Dharga TownAugust 6, 2014
Nafeesathiek Thahira Sahabdeen had been reading from her Quran when she heard a great roar outside, “smashing like a volume of thunderbolts and flames everywhere.” Her bedroom quickly filled with men armed with sticks and iron rods. Many more had swamped the front room of her house, and more waited outside. One man smashed the dressing table in her front room, while others attacked wardrobes and sinks, and threw the Muslim scripture board that hung on her wall to the floor.
