Ada Derana

by John Omaha Courtesy Culture Change Many people will find it difficult to compare human populations to rat populations. Many humans will suffer for that cognitive impairment. When a pair of reproductively competent rats are placed in a closed space and provided with sufficient food, they will reproduce and reproduce until the space is filled […]

By Kalinga Seneviratne SINGAPORE (IDN) – I gave leadership to the government that defeated the terrorists that no one thought could ever be defeated. From the moment this government came into power in January 2015, they have been persecuting the members of the armed forces and the intelligence services that ended that war,” said former […]

TED Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy takes on a terrifying question: How does the Taliban convince children to become suicide bombers? Propaganda footage from a training camp is intercut with interviews of young camp graduates. A shocking vision.

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින පාස්කු ඉරිදා ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිදු වූ මරාගෙන මැරෙන බෝම්බකරුවන්ගේ ප‍්‍රහාරවලින් මියගිය අති බහුතරය කතෝලික ජනතාව වීම නිසා මෙය කතෝලිකයින් එල්ල කර තවුහිද් ජමාත් නමැති මුස්ලිම් ත‍්‍රස්තවාදී සංවිධානය අයිඑස් ත‍්‍රස්තවාදීන්ගේ සහායෙන් සිදු කළ ප‍්‍රහාරයක් ලෙස මේ වන විට මත පැතිරෙමින් පවතී. පළමුව පැතිර ගියේ නවසීලන්තයේ ක‍්‍රයිස්ට් චර්ච් ප‍්‍රදේශයේ මුස්ලිම් දේවස්ථානයකට එල්ල වූ ප‍්‍රහාරයට […]

Wimal Weerawansa

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ආරංචි සහරාන්ගේ සොහුරෙකුවන රිල්වාන් නැමැත්තා බෝම්බ නිෂ්පාදකයකු බව දැනටමත් ප්‍රසිද්ධ කරුණකි. ඔහු විසින් පවත්වාගෙන ගිය බෝම්බ පුහුණු කඳවුර කාත්තන්කුඩි ඔල්ලිකුලම් මෙහෙයුම් මූලස්ථානය වැටලූ බව පසුගිය දිනයන්හි ප්‍රවෘත්ති වාර්තා විය. මෙම මෙහෙයුම් මූලස්ථානයේදී සහරාන්ගේ සහෝදරයකු වන මොහොමඞ් රිල්වාන් නමැත්තා 2018 වසරේදී තවුහිත් ජමාත් සංවිධානයේ අනුගාමිකයන් පිරිසකට බෝම්බ සෑදීම පිළිබඳව පුහුණුවක් ලබා දී තිබේ. […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 12: Ven.Athuraliye Rathana Thera, Jathika Hela Urumaya leader and a National List Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament, has brought out a document on a comprehensive plan to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which is believed to have inspired or directed the suicide bombings in Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 11 (Reuters/News18/newsin.asia): Sri Lankan Security Forces are looking for terror-leader Zahran’s successors. A madrassah teacher and a firebrand preacher of the Wahabi and Salafi brands of Islam in Kattankudi in Eastern Sri Lanka, Zahran Hashim had led the group of suicide bombers on April 21 and perished in the attack on […]

Courtesy India Today Mohamed Aliyar, 60, is the founder of the Centre for Islamic Guidance, which boasts a mosque, a religious school and a library in Zahran’s hometown of Kattankudy, a Muslim-dominated city on Sri Lanka’s eastern shores. Sources said Aliyar’s hardline views were shaped by ultra-conservative Salafi-Wahhabi texts he picked up at the Centre […]

Courtesy Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters) – Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka’s west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters. Three weeks ago in Sri Lanka Islamist bombers blew themselves up in […]

Courtesy  The South China Morning Post  Ultraconservative Salafi-Wahhabi Islam, which has its roots in the Middle Eastern kingdom, has been taking root among the South Asian island’s Muslims The flag of Saudi Arabia. Photo: APSri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter […]

T.K.G. Kapila Courtesy The Daily Mirror A 47-year-old moulavi was arrested by the CID at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on charges of using social media platform to air extremist views. The suspect, a resident of Vavuniya, was arrested yesterday morning at the BIA on his arrival from Mecca after performing Hajj. It was reported […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The Colombo Crimes Division, in a joint search operation conducted with the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) at the Colombo office of a leading US-owned multinational software company, outsourcing services to global companies, have apprehended five of its employees on suspected connection to Islamist extremism and the Easter Sunday combined bomb attacks. According […]

By Anbarasan Ethirajan Courtesy BBC News, Sri Lanka For many Sri Lankans, it was a horrific shock to learn that local Muslims could have been behind the suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people last month. How could a small group have planned such a devastating wave of bombings undetected? The clues were there in mid-January, when Sri Lankan police stumbled upon 100kg […]

Geeta Mohan Courtesy  India Today Sri Lankan army chief Senanayake said that India, China, United States, Israel, Australia and the United Arab Emirates were looking to provide high-grade military technology, including communication and surveillance equipment, to deal with future threats. We have requested India for intelligence cooperation: Sri Lanka’s army commander Mahesh Senanayake | Photo […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s security forces have made more arrests in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks as search operations continue across the island with the participation of thousands of tri-forces troops and police personnel.  A suspect was arrested in Kattankudy by Police, Thursday night (9). Investigations have revealed that the suspect had maintained close […]

Courtesy REUTERS COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s army commander Mahesh Senanayake said the threat of more Islamist militant attacks had been contained and the security services had dismantled most of the network linked to the Easter Sunday bombings.Sri Lanka’s Army commander Mahesh Senanayake speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Army Headquarters in Colombo, […]

Courtesy Mail Online A Sri Lankan Muslim man prays in Colombo on May 3, 2019. The government has ordered mosques to clamp down on extremism and submit copies of sermons The Sri Lankan government on Friday ordered mosques to clamp down on extremists and to submit copies of sermons in new fallout from the Easter […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday an investigation had been launched to find out how Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hisbullah’s son had managed to obtain shares worth Rs.500 million in the controversial Batticaloa Campus. He said this in response to a question asked by United National Party (UNP) MP […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the government to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) with full powers to probe the Easter Sunday attack, ascertain the historical background behind it and recommend the steps to be taken to prevent such disasters in the future. He told […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Pulasthini Rajendran alias Sarah, the wife of the suicide bomber at St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, was allegedly abducted and forced to convert to Islam, Pulasthini’s mother claimed, speaking to Indian media. According to Pulasthini’s mother, her daughter, who had been a devout Hindu, is now being held by Abdul Razik, the Secretary […]

Courtesy Adaderana A buried cache of explosives belonging to the Sainthamaruthu suicide bombers have been recovered from the Kattankudy beach, Police Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara said. The explosives were found buried in the beach area along Beach Road in Kattankudy based on information received by intelligence units. Speaking at a press briefing in Colombo today […]

Courtesy Adaderana MP Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero claims that three years ago intelligence officers had given the President a report regarding extremist group arming themselves and shootouts between these groups, but no action was taken out of fear of Muslim politicians. He made these comments during an event held today (10) for the launch of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government on Friday ordered mosques to clamp down on extremists and to submit copies of sermons in new fallout from the Easter suicide bombings that left 258 dead. The country has been on edge since the April 21 attacks by jihadist bombers who attacked three churches and three Colombo hotels which also […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police have arrested another individual suspected to be linked to the Easter Sunday attackers, along with gold and over Rs 8.3 million in cash in the Maradana area. Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said the suspect, Buhari Mohamed Rafik, was arrested yesterday (09) by Slave Island Police. He said that over Rs 8.3 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Maithripala Sirisena said one of the masterminds who orchestrated the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka was arrested in Saudi Arabia a couple of days ago. The President said this during a meeting with the representatives of Muslim Civil Organizations including the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulema (ACJU) at the […]