NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Sri Lanka was granted bail on Wednesday (Jan. 3) after being jailed since Dec. 1 on a charge of “outraging religious feelings” for comments in a sermon that appeared online, sources said. Authorities arrested Pastor Jerome Fernando, senior overseer of The Glorious Church in Colombo, after a […]
Pastor in Sri Lanka Criminally Charged for Sermon Comments
Church leader spent Christmas in jail.
January 3, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
Unprecedented Suicide Bombing Attacks Shock Christians in Sri Lanka
Coordinated blasts at churches, hotels kill at least 290 people.
April 22, 2019 By - 1 Comment
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Christians in Sri Lanka have never seen such a large-scale attack on them as the one that hit three churches and three hotels on Easter Sunday (April 21), killing at least 321 people, they said. “I don’t have words to express my pain,” a teary-eyed Eranda Weththasinghe told Morning Star […]
Christian in Sri Lanka Arrested after Reporting Threat on His Life, Watchdog Group Reports
False assault allegation filed against him, according to organization.
February 18, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in Sri Lanka arrested a Christian who reported a Buddhist mob’s threat on his life, according to an advocacy group in the island country. In Nattandiya, in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province, six area Buddhists on Jan. 26 threatened to attack the Christian if he refused to stop inviting […]
Violence, Discrimination against Christians Escalate in Sri Lanka
Hindu extremism emerging along with Buddhist aggression, advocates say.
October 19, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Attacks and other actions against Christians in Sri Lanka have escalated this year, with Hindu extremism beginning to take root along with long-time Buddhist aggression, according to rights advocates. “Last month there have been more incidents that have been documented than previous months,” an attorney with the National Christian Evangelical […]
Police, Local Officials Complicit in Buddhist Attacks in Sri Lanka, Report Indicates
Worship services ordered to stop.
April 20, 2017 By - 1 Comment
(Morning Star News) – Police and local officials in Sri Lanka declined to recognize Buddhist aggression against churches and in some cases encouraged persecution of Christians in the first four months of the year, a report indicates. Police initially refused to register a case when a mob led by Buddhist monks assaulted the pastor of […]
Buddhist Nationalism Continues to Haunt Christians in Sri Lanka
Secretary general of extremist group leads assault on pastor, family.
March 12, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – A top leader of one of Sri Lanka’s most militant Buddhist extremist groups led 250 people in an assault on a Christian leader and his family last month, according to sources in the country. Based in the capital city of Colombo on the island nation’s western coast, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, general […]
Buddhist Nationalism Fuels Attacks on Christians in Sri Lanka
Seeking approval from majority, government winks at aggression against minorities.
September 26, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Persecution of Christians is rising in Sri Lanka, where at least three attacks took place this month as the government promoted Buddhist nationalism to maintain its hold on power. The Buddhist-majority South Asian country has seen a surge of violence against religious minorities, including Christians and Muslims, while the government […]
Buddhist Monks Lead Attack on Church in Sri Lanka
More than 50 cases of violence against Christians in nation that threatens to restrict churches.
December 11, 2012 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A mob of about 1,000 people in southern Sri Lanka, led by Buddhist monks, protested the presence of a church by overpowering police, vandalizing property and beating the pastor on Sunday (Dec. 9), Christian sources said. The Buddhist monks had given a day’s notice for the church to close […]