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By Rosie Dimanno<\/span><\/a> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rosie<\/a>

Rosie Dimanno<\/p><\/div>\n

Attacks on mosques stir anew religious tensions in Sri Lanka, where about 9 per cent of the population \u2014 1.4 million \u2014 practise Islam.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cellphone cameras captured the ugly scene: Muslims being chased through the streets by maddened Buddhists.<\/p>\n

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The vandals had just attacked a mosque in the Grandpass neighbourhood on the capital\u2019s outskirts, falling upon Muslims at Friday prayers, smashing windows, then pursuing the worshippers with clubs, hurling stones. At least five people were hospitalized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That was in early August and stirred anew religious tensions in this country, where about 9 per cent of the population \u2014 1.4 million \u2014 practise Islam. Most are known as Moor Muslims, descendents of Arab traders who plied their trade along Sri Lanka\u2019s coast as far back as the eighth century.<\/p>\n

Read more in the Toronto Star<\/span><\/a>\u00a0
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