Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time that Gnanasara, who has repeatedly been accused of hate crimes and anti-Muslim violence, has been jailed. The sentence ...

The monk is a close associate of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who made him the head of a panel to reform Sri Lanka’s legal system to ensure religious harmony in 2021. At the time ...

While thanking President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his continued support for the Palestinian cause, Mr. Malki said he hoped a day would dawn soon when the people of Sri Lanka and Palestine would be able ...

A court in Sri Lanka Thursday sent to jail a prominent monk in a case related to anti-Islam comments. Gnanasara Thera, a Buddhist monk, was jailed for nine months along with a fine after he failed ...

He was previously jailed last year on a similar charge of disparaging Sri Lanka's minority Muslims, who account for just over about 10 percent of the 22 million population. He was on bail while ...

The monk is a close associate of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who made him the head of a panel to reform Sri Lanka's legal system to ensure religious harmony in 2021. At the time ...

COLOMBO — A court in Sri Lanka jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday, put-ting him behind bars for a second time for insulting Islam and stoking religious hatred in the ...