Tag: Muslim Ministers

Colombo: Nine Muslim ministers holding top positions in the Sri Lankan government resigned on Monday to allow authorities to investigate allegations against some of them on links to an Islamic extremist group which was blamed for the deadly Easter suicide bombings. The Muslim politicians in the government also protested what they term the government’s inability […]

Colombo: Four Sri Lankan Muslim ministers, who resigned following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people, have rejoined the government after investigators found no link in their alleged involvement with a local Islamist extremist group. Two senior Muslim leaders Rauff Hakeem – the leader of the main Muslim party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) […]