A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday handed a six-year jail term to a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims, holding him guilty of contempt just months after he was convicted of ...

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court on Thursday (March 28) sentenced an influential Buddhist monk to four years' hard labour for fanning sectarian hatred against the island's minority Muslim population.

A Sri Lankan court jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist ... Sri Lanka's minority Muslims, who account for just over about 10 percent of the 22 million population. He was on bail while ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) - Grandpass mosque in Colombo (Sri Lanka) has been shut down after the violent attack by some Buddhist monks during the Id al-Fitr, the holiday that celebrates the end of Ramadan.