COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – With a bloody civil war over and a cautious peace at hand, a group of hardline Buddhist monks is rallying Sri Lankans against what they say is a pernicious threat: Muslims. In ...

In 'The Robe and the Sword', Sonia Faleiro uncovers how militant monks in Asia have transformed a tradition of nonviolence ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement would join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to "protect" Buddhists, whom he ...

COLOMBO, May 28 (Reuters) - A hardline Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against minority Muslims in Sri Lanka said on Tuesday he planned to denounce Islamist militants after he was freed ...

(RNS) — The street protests that drove Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office last month brought together people from across the country’s diverse and sometimes warring ethno-religious ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a Buddhist temple on Wednesday, capping a trip to Sri Lanka where he told huge crowds that religions must unite to heal the country ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement would join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to “protect” Buddhists, whom he ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- War-torn Sri Lanka is now sliding into a religious conflict, Christian and Buddhist sources told United Press International Thursday. "The persecution of Christians is on the ...

At least three people have been killed and 52 injured after Buddhist mobs rampaged through Muslim areas in southwest Sri Lanka, police say. The outbreak of religious violence followed a large rally ...

(RNS) — The street protests that drove Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office last month brought together people from across the country’s diverse and sometimes warring ethno-religious ...