Muslims in Sri Lanka are celebrating the Hajj festival today. The festival commemorates the sacrifice of Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham) son as an act of respect to the divine. Eid al-Adha, the second ...

Today, our Muslim brothers and sisters in Sri Lanka and around the world are celebrating the Hajj festival with deep devotion ...

Muslims in Sri Lanka are on edge. They're a religious minority in Sri Lanka - about 10% of the population. In recent years, they've been targeted by extremist Buddhist mobs setting fire to homes ...

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Muslims in Sri Lanka will celebrate the Hajj festival (Eid al-Adha) on 7 June, the Colombo Grand Mosque has announced ...

On a humid morning in June 2006, a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka, buzzed with the activities of my nikah (Islamic marriage) ceremony. The men, I imagine, were huddled together around the marriage ...

Increasing violence over the past two years against Muslims, who make up about 10 percent of Sri Lanka’s population, mirror events in Myanmar, which has also seen a surge of attacks by members ...

KANDY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Calm was beginning to return to violence-hit Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka’s Kandy region on Friday, with many shops reopening as army reinforcements largely put an ...

PASYALA, Sri Lanka – After fleeing their homes in Pakistan over militant attacks and government persecution, hundreds of Ahmadi Muslims felt they finally found peace in Sri Lanka as they sought ...