Eight Muslim government officials in Sri Lanka quit their portfolios on Monday i...
COLOMBO - Eight Muslim government officials in Sri Lanka quit their portfolios on Monday in solidarity with the industry minister accused by the opposition of supporting Islamist militants who killed more than 250 people on Easter Sunday.
Wickremesinghe and President Maithripala Sirisena have been on the back foot since the bombings of churches and hotels, facing criticism the government failed to act on warnings of the attacks and struggled to contain subsequent anti-Muslim riots. At the same time, Muslim leaders say there is growing persecution against them in the majority Sinhala Buddhist island.
“We will not leave the government - we will protect the government” Rauff Hakeem, formerly minister of city planning, water supply and higher education, said at the prime minister’s residence.Opposition lawmaker and Buddhist monk Athuraliye Ratana Thero launched a hunger strike on Friday in front of a sacred temple in the central Kandy district demanding the resignation of Bathiudeen and two Muslim governors.
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