Police officers survey graves prepared for the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. (Atul Loke/Getty Images)Bombs ripped through three churches and four hotels in a series of attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday morning. Identity in Sri Lanka is complex and does not map cleanly onto familiar frameworks from other contexts. Sri Lanka’s Muslims have remained peaceful in the face of escalating hate speech and violence against them. Sri Lankan officials are now engaged in a round of recriminations that highlights the divisions within Sri Lanka’s coalition government.

Source: Washington Post April 23, 2019 12:11 UTC