TEHRAN (IQNA) – A ceremony was held at the Iranian Cultural Center in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo to celebrate the birthday of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
News ID: 3469848 Publish Date : 2019/11/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A "harsh and dangerous" crackdown on Sri Lankan Muslims following deadly bombings on Easter Sunday poses a major threat to the Indian Ocean nation's peace and security, a think-tank warned.
News ID: 3469517 Publish Date : 2019/09/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Sri Lankan court Sunday banned two ultra-nationalist Buddhist organizations from demonstrating against a major Shia ceremony, the first on the island since the deadly Easter Sunday suicide bombings.
News ID: 3469310 Publish Date : 2019/09/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A United Nations human rights expert called on Sri Lanka to take urgent action on "hate propaganda targeting Muslim communities" following a spate of deadly attacks on churches and hotels on Easter Sunday.
News ID: 3469260 Publish Date : 2019/08/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sri Lanka's police on Tuesday stepped in to prevent a local council from banning Muslim traders from a weekly fair in another backlash from the devastating Easter attacks claimed by Daesh (ISIL or ISIS).
News ID: 3468840 Publish Date : 2019/06/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Muslims in Sri Lanka say they fear new attacks after a top Buddhist monk called for violence against members of the religious minority, claiming a Muslim doctor had sterilized thousands of Buddhist women.
News ID: 3468814 Publish Date : 2019/06/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mohamed Hasan has barely left his home in Colombo since a string of deadly blasts hit Sri Lanka on Sunday, afraid he could be attacked because he is Muslim.
News ID: 3468372 Publish Date : 2019/04/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Islamic Centre Hamburg condemned the brutal killings of Christian worshippers and other people in multiple terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka, stressing that killing and violence have nothing to do with divine religions.
News ID: 3468366 Publish Date : 2019/04/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Two extremist groups carried out Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bomb attacks in retaliation for a recent attack on mosques in New Zealand, a Sri Lankan official said on Tuesday.
News ID: 3468358 Publish Date : 2019/04/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) strongly condemned the deadly bomb attacks in Sri Lanka.
News ID: 3468346 Publish Date : 2019/04/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A simple Sinhala language translation of the Holy Quran was unveiled at a ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, on Sunday.
News ID: 3468248 Publish Date : 2019/04/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Iranian Cultural Center in Sri Lanka has published an article titled “Holy Quran and Human Rights” in the South Asian country.
News ID: 3468047 Publish Date : 2019/03/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday handed a six-year jail term to a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims, holding him guilty of contempt just months after he was convicted of intimidating the wife of a missing journalist.
News ID: 3466513 Publish Date : 2018/08/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The United Nations on Sunday condemned a string of anti-Muslim attacks in Sri Lanka including the burning of mosques and businesses.
News ID: 3465372 Publish Date : 2018/03/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hundreds of Buddhist monks and activists rallied in Sri Lanka's capital against anti-Muslim riots that have killed at least two people and forced the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency.
News ID: 3465355 Publish Date : 2018/03/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Sinhalese Buddhist mob came by the hundreds, screaming at the top of their lungs and carrying sticks, stones and petrol bombs, as they descended on the hill town of Ambatenna in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
News ID: 3465350 Publish Date : 2018/03/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), expressed serious concern at the repeated incidents of violence by extremist mobs against Muslims in Sri Lanka on 28th February and 4th March 2018.
News ID: 3465347 Publish Date : 2018/03/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sri Lanka’s government imposed a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday after mob attacks against the minority Muslim population in a central district, violence that has highlighted the country’s fragility as it tries to recover from decades of civil war.
News ID: 3465338 Publish Date : 2018/03/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The tense situation that had prevailed in the Ampara town in eastern Sri Lanka Monday night after a group of Buddhists attacked a Muslim shop and a mosque, has presently been brought under control, police said on Tuesday.
News ID: 3465301 Publish Date : 2018/02/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Unity in view of Quran was the theme of a meeting held in Sri Lanka on the occasion of the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) birthday anniversary.
News ID: 3464620 Publish Date : 2017/12/06
