Mat is the founding editor of the Journal of Global Catholicism. He is associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
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Sri Lanka: Church offers forgiveness year after terror attacks but religious hostilities remain
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Sri Lanka: Church offers forgiveness year after terror attacks but religious hostilities remain
Sri Lanka: Church offers forgiveness year after terror attacks but religious hostilities remain | Monday, April 13, 2020
Military personnel guard St. Anthony s Shrine on April 23, 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: Getty Images/Carl Court
Speaking on Easter Sunday in a televised message, Sri Lankaâs Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said the church has forgiven the Islamist suicide bombers who killed at least 279 people and injured around 500 others, mostly Christians, at three churches and three hotels last Easter.
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Sri Lanka Announces Burqa Ban as Easter Jihad Anniversary Approaches
The government of Sri Lanka announced this weekend it would implement a nationwide ban on
burqas, Islamic coverings for women that shield the entire face, arguing the garment presents “national security” risks.
As the federal government does not have the unilateral power to implement such a ban, ministers will reportedly be working alongside lawmakers to draft it into law. Reports indicated the government in Colombo will accompany this move with the shutdown of hundreds of
madrassas, or Islamic schools, operating without government license or supervision in an attempt to diminish the influence of radical jihadist ideology.