'Fascists' in saffron robes? The rise of Sri Lanka's Buddhist ultra-nationalists
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| BBS general secretary Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara at a press conference in 2013 |
By Tim Hume, CNN-July 18, 2014(CNN) — Shortly before Buddhist mobs made a deadly rampage through Muslim neighborhoods near the town of Aluthgama, Sri Lanka last month, a man with cropped hair and glasses stood before expectant crowds to deliver an explosive speech.
Video footage of the rally, called following a traffic altercation between Muslim youths and a Buddhist monk in the coastal town, captures the speaker in full flight.
