PoliticsSri Lankan Muslims pressured to curb rise of extremism
Religious schools and communities relieved by IS leader's death
A Sri Lankan muslim woman walks past a mosque in Colombo. Sri Lanka's madrassas have come under scrutiny after Sri Lankan nationals who claimed links to Islamic State carried out coordinated suicide bombings on Easter Sunday that killed more than 250 people. © AP
MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent
November 7, 2019 12:16 JST
KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka -- Muslim religious leaders are ramping up warnings about the danger of Islamic extremists in Kattankudy, a densely packed Muslim town along Sri Lanka's eastern coast, in sermons delivered during weekly Friday afternoon prayers.