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Tag: Sri Lanka Easter Bombings (April, 2019)

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Sri Lanka Declares Curfew After Mobs Target Muslims

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019DHARISHA BASTIANS and MUJIB MASHALComments Off on Sri Lanka Declares Curfew After Mobs Target Muslims

The island nation has been on alert for retaliatory violence directed at the minority Muslim population after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings.

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Bombings Deflate Sri Lanka Tourism, and a Village That Depends on It

May 7, 2019MUJIB MASHAL and KAI SCHULTZComments Off on Bombings Deflate Sri Lanka Tourism, and a Village That Depends on It

A luxury resort that bills itself as a retreat from the world is far from the coastal cities targeted in the Easter Sunday attacks. But it, too, is feeling the effects.

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‘A New Enemy but the Same Hate’: Can Sri Lanka Heal Its Divisions?

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019HANNAH BEECHComments Off on ‘A New Enemy but the Same Hate’: Can Sri Lanka Heal Its Divisions?

After the Easter bombings, Sri Lanka confronts a past burdened by civil war and communal strife.

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At War: ‘My Life is Connected to the Most Miserable Things That Can Happen to Others’

May 3, 2019May 5, 2019JEFFREY GETTLEMANComments Off on At War: ‘My Life is Connected to the Most Miserable Things That Can Happen to Others’

Despite doing this for 20 years, covering bombings like the one in Sri Lanka never gets easier, writes our South Asia bureau chief.

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‘We Knew What Was Coming’: Sri Lanka Sees ISIS’ Hand in Attacks

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, DHARISHA BASTIANS and HANNAH BEECHComments Off on ‘We Knew What Was Coming’: Sri Lanka Sees ISIS’ Hand in Attacks

After years of warnings, the travel patterns of several suspects and the design of their bombs suggest a larger Islamic State role in the Easter attacks.

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The Interpreter: ‘Overrun,’ ‘Outbred,’ ‘Replaced’: Why Ethnic Majorities Lash Out Over False Fears

April 30, 2019MAX FISHER and AMANDA TAUBComments Off on The Interpreter: ‘Overrun,’ ‘Outbred,’ ‘Replaced’: Why Ethnic Majorities Lash Out Over False Fears

Around the world, long-dominant groups see themselves as under siege, driving the rise of right-populism, religious nationalism and white terrorism.

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Sri Lanka’s President Lifts Ban on Social Media

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019KAI SCHULTZComments Off on Sri Lanka’s President Lifts Ban on Social Media

The social media ban in the wake of the Easter attacks reflected global concern about the role the networks play in spreading hate speech and inciting communal violence.

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For Sri Lanka’s Children, the Deepest Scars Are Not Physical

April 29, 2019KAI SCHULTZComments Off on For Sri Lanka’s Children, the Deepest Scars Are Not Physical

Some suffered terrible injuries in the bombings. But for many others, witnesses to unimaginable scenes of carnage, the wounds are psychological.

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Sri Lanka Authorities Were Warned, in Detail, 12 Days Before Attack

April 29, 2019JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and DHARISHA BASTIANSComments Off on Sri Lanka Authorities Were Warned, in Detail, 12 Days Before Attack

The intelligence chief warned on April 9 that a radical Islamist group planned a suicide attack “shortly.” On Monday, the president banned face coverings like those worn by some Muslim women.

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The Interpreter: ‘We Will Come for You’: How Fear of Terrorism Spurs Online Mobs

April 29, 2019April 30, 2019AMANDA TAUBComments Off on The Interpreter: ‘We Will Come for You’: How Fear of Terrorism Spurs Online Mobs

After the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, a doctor with no connection to the attacks, living thousands of miles away, became the target of mass rage.

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