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.
Tag: Zaharan, Mohammed (d 2019)
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.
Sri Lanka Dispatch: Sri Lanka Attacks: Hometown of Accused Mastermind Was Fertile Ground for Extremism
The influences of Wahhabism, a hard-line strain of Islam, transformed the hometown of the suspected ringleader in the Easter Bombings.