Politics
Sweden raises terror threat level after Quran burnings
Sweden has raised its security threat level following a number of Quran burnings in the country. The head of the Swedish security service (Säpo), Charlotte…
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Category: Religion
Religion
Portrait of St. Joseph Vaz, the Apostle of Sri Lanka unveiled at the Archbishop House in Mumbai
Mumbai, August 14: The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda who is on a two-day official visit to the State of Maharashtra…
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Religion
Governor Robert Chalmers was a Pali-Buddhist scholar
By P.K.Balachandran/Ceylon Today Colombo, August 14: Sir Robert Chalmers, an Oxonian and an eminent scholar of Buddhism and Pali, was excited when he was appointed…
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Politics
Rishi Sunak could get mobbed (and bag a trade deal) when he heads to India
LONDON — Rishi Sunak might struggle to set pulses racing at home. But Downing Street hopes for a different story when the U.K. prime minister…
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Religion
Only wide-ranging policy changes will bring peace to Manipur
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, July 29: The Meitei-Kuki violence in Manipur since May 3 has claimed more than 180 lives. Hundreds of houses and churches have…
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Politics
Ukraine changes date of Christmas, in slap at ‘Russian heritage’
Ukraine is on a mission to shed the vestiges of historic Russian influence — and now it’s even got rid of Russian Christmas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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Politics
EU condemns spate of Quran burnings
The EU’s foreign policy chief Josef Borrell on Wednesday condemned recent Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden. Burning the Islamic holy book “is offensive, disrespectful…
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Religion
De-radicalisation of ideology is the best way to tackle Islamic terrorism: Lankan expert
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, July 23: In his book on the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, internationally known terrorism expert Dr.Rohan Gunaratna says that…
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Religion
Symposium raises global awareness about Pakistan’s Buddhist heritage
Islamabad, July 12: The three-day Gandhara Symposium 2023, titled “Cultural Diplomacy: Reviving Gandhara Civilization and Buddhist Heritage in Pakistan”, commenced in Islamabad today. The Symposium…
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Religion
Kataragama and its multiple meanings
By Vinod Moonesinghe/Factum Colombo, July 12: Historically, Sri Lankans have tended, whatever their faith, to tolerate other faiths. Indeed, to some extent every religion on…
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