Sri Lankan Muslims pressured to curb rise of extremism

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MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent

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.

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