Like the rest of the country, Kattankudy is grappling with anger and grief in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks.
Muslim men stand in front of the Mohideen Meththai Grand Jumma Mosque in Kattankudy on the east coast of Sri Lanka on April 26, 2019. As elsewhere in Sri Lanka, Muslims in Kattankudy were horrified by the Easter attacks. By Joanna Slater Joanna Slater Foreign correspondent covering South Asia Email Bio Follow April 26 at 6:13 PM KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka — To enter this seaside town, visitors pass through a soaring arched gateway bearing messages of welcome and verses in Arabic calligraphy.
#redindia1 video{position:absolute;width:100%} Kattankudy, home to about 50,000, is a place where Muslims — a religious minority that has faced violence in Sri Lanka — feel secure and at ease. It is also a place where, in recent decades, more-moderate local Islamic practices have lost ground to an ultraconservative brand of Islam prevalent in Saudi Arabia that has drawn adherents among young people.
A short walk away from her home is a new, half-completed building that serves as a meeting and prayer space for National Thowheed Jamaath. On Friday, about a dozen men remained behind after prayers as fans whirred overhead. A digital display on a wall showed the five times for daily prayer. The initials “NTJ” were inscribed on a simple wooden pulpit in one corner.
M.I. Mohamed Jaseem is a member of the board of Badhriyyah Jumah Mosque, a towering structure in the center of Kattankudy that is part of the Sufi tradition. Hashim’s followers believe that “everything should be in their hands and everyone should listen to what they say,” Jaseem said. The attacks horrified people in Kattankudy. All along the main road, white and black ribbons — symbols of mourning — flutter in the breeze. A banner outside a cultural hall shows four hands clasped together, each one bearing a symbol of one of Sri Lanka’s four major religions — Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Another banner nearby reads, “We are with you at this saddest moment.”
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