Counter-Terrorism: Sri Lanka And Terrorism
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20190603.aspx
June 3, 2019: The massive ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) attack against Christians in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon, just south of India) on April 21st came as a shock to most people worldwide, and especially in Sri Lanka, where Moslems are a prosperous minority (9.5 percent of 22 million) in a nation that is 70 percent Buddhist, 13 percent Hindu and 7.5 percent Christian. Religious violence had never been a major issue in Sri Lanka and the Moslem minority never faced any serious religious persecution. Yet the Easter Sunday violence involved seven suicide bomber attacks at Catholic churches filled with worshippers attending Easter services and four hotels full of tourists. Thus 46 of the 258 dead were foreigners. Over 500 people were wounded.
At first, foreign Moslems were blamed but it was soon discovered that the attack had been organized and financed by a wealthy Sri Lankan Moslem family and most of the Sri Lankans involved were middle-class or upper-class Sri Lankan Moslems. These local Moslems had accepted the ISIL call to establish worldwide Moslem rule and destroy all competing religions. Wealthy, well- educated ISIL members and supporters are not unusual. Indonesia had a local millionaire who openly supported ISIL and paid for Indonesians to travel to Syria to join the fight because, for several years, ISIL was not illegal in Indonesia.
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