Did Sri Lanka’s Facebook ban help quell anti-Muslim violence?
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Rioters were already on the streets when authorities in Sri Lanka blocked access to the internet. The mob – angered by the death of a Sinhala Buddhist man who was beaten by a group of Muslim men – swept through neighbourhoods in the South Asian nation’s central Kandy district for a third day on March 7, setting fire to and vandalising mosques and scores of Muslim homes and bus
What’s driving anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka?
A day before anti-Muslim mobs swept through a peaceful hill town in central Sri Lanka, the leader of a Sinhalese nationalist group took a stroll through the town’s centre. “We have been distributing leaflets and have now reached Digana,” Amith Weerasinghe said into the camera of his phone. “But the problem is we haven’t come across even 20 shops that are owned by Sinhalese.” In a measured tone, he
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