Bodu Bala Sena

How Sri Lanka's Sinhala supremacists are helping ISI's war against India

The recent arrest of Arun Selvarajan, a Lankan Tamil and an ex-LTTE operative, who has been spying in India on behalf of ISI, has exposed a new domain for breeding future militants.

Friday prayers cut short in Sri Lanka amid anti-Muslim sentiment

The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) said Islamic clerics instructed mosques to conduct shorter services and asked the faithful to disperse peacefully after lunchtime prayers.

Aluthgama riots: Social media breaks SL media's shameful silence

There has been little to no mention of deadly communal clashes in Sri Lanka in any of its mainstream media.

Communal violence in SL again: Sinhala - Muslim riots kill 3

The tensions between Sinhalese and Muslim groups was reported from the Aluthgama and Beruwala areas of Southern Sri Lanka, and are believed to have occurred following an inciteful speech by anti- Muslim Sinhalese extremist group the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)

It's time moderate Sri Lankans stood up to anti-Muslim rhetoric

This is not the time to be non-partisan, undecided or apolitical. There’s a lot that extremist bigots are willing to do that peaceful moderates are not, but conviction should not be where we come up short.

Rising anti-Muslim sentiments in SL stoke fears of another ethnic war

The anti-Muslim campaign has been led by Buddhist monks and is fast gaining ground among youth through raging speeches and ludicrous conspiracy theories spread on social media.

Fascist Sri Lanka? Beleagured Muslims give up Halal certification

The Buddhist extremist Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Force) has been running a vocal protest campaign to force the end to Halal certification. Their main grouse was that non-Muslims are being forced to consume Halal certified products.