Jami Ul-Alfar, known locally as "the red mosque," is a sight to behold. Outfitted with a distinctive red-and-white pattern, the mosque is one of Sri Lanka's great architectural wonders, attracting ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least five people were wounded and several shops and a mosque damaged in a clash between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka, police said on ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government said on Tuesday it would give the go-ahead to plans to develop a mosque in central Colombo, despite objections from Buddhist hardliners who have targeted ...

Although Sri Lanka is a multi-religious and multi-cultural society, recent cases of religious intolerance has kept the blogosphere debating on this notion. Last Friday around 2,000 Buddhist monks and ...