Places of Worship Under Attack

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The Special Briefing tells you what you need to know about an important issue, individual or story that is making news. Each one serves up an interesting selection of facts, opinions, images and videos in order to catch you up and vault you ahead. WHAT TO KNOW What happened? Eight blasts ripped through churches and high-end hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, its suburb Negombo and the eastern city of Batticaloa, leaving at least 215 people dead and more than 450 injured. The dead include at least 35 foreigners. This was the worst terrorist attack the island nation has suffered since the 2009 end of a brutal three-decade-long civil war against Tamil rebels. Why does it matter? Today’s Sri Lankan blasts were the latest in a spurt of attacks against places of worship around the world. In January, Open Doors, a Christian advocacy group, revealed a 14 percent increase in persecution of Christians worldwide between 2017 and 2018, impacting a whopping 245 million people. Just last month, a man with links to White supremacist groups shot dead 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. In recent weeks, three African American churches in Louisiana were set on fire, and a suspect has been charged with hate crimes. While the cause of last week’s Notre Dame Cathedral disaster was likely accidental, France alone has seen an uptick of vandalization and arson against Christian churches and symbols. Between 2017 and 2018, there was a 17 percent increase in such attacks in France. Following today’s tragedy, Sri Lankan authorities arrested seven suspects in connection with the blasts, but no group has formally claimed responsibility thus far. HOW TO THINK ABOUT IT A new war? At the height of Sri Lanka’s civil war, the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam — fighting for a separate Tamil homeland — controlled a third of the country’s territory. But that war largely avoided religious divisions in Sri Lanka’s multi-faith society, where 7 percent of the population is Christian, 10 percent Muslim, 12 percent Hindu and 71 percent Buddhist. The country has witnessed smaller attacks by militant Buddhist groups against religious minorities. But Sri Lanka has never before seen targeted strikes against places of religious worship on this scale. Missing the signals. The bombings raise fresh questions about whether security agencies around the world, for many years focused on the ISIS threat, are missing red flags emerging from other sources that could help them stop attacks against places of religious worship. News agency AFP reported that it had seen an intelligence report issued by Sri Lanka’s police chief Pujuth Jayasundara 10 days ago that warned that an Islamist organization, the National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ), was planning to attack churches and the Indian High Commission. The government hasn’t named the NTJ as responsible for the blasts so far. But this inability to protect churches even after a warning follows New Zealand’s failure to recognize the threat posed by the Christchurch attack suspect, who had posted threats against Muslims online. The Pittsburgh synagogue killer too had posted vitriolic anti-Semitic messages online before his attack.    Setback for tourist paradise. Since the end of the war a decade ago, Sri Lanka’s economy has doubled in size, from $42 billion to $87 billion, and the country’s pristine beaches, tea plantations and rich culture have drawn millions of visitors. The average number of foreign tourists visiting Sri Lanka per month has increased five-fold, from 50,000 in 2009 to 250,000 in 2018. The country has South Asia’s highest per capita income, and tourism contributes more than 11 percent of Sri Lanka’s annual GDP. Following Sunday’s terror attacks — especially because the bombs targeted popular hotels and left many foreigners dead — the country’s tourism sector is expected to take a hit. That, in turn, threatens to stall Sri Lanka’s efforts to move beyond the violence of its past.  Politically speaking. Today’s violence will likely have a knock-on effect. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe late last year. Sirisena named his predecessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa  — known for crushing the Tamil insurgency in 2009 — as Wickremesinghe’s replacement, but critics decried the move as unconstitutional. A standoff ensued, resulting in Wickremesinghe’s reappointment in December, much to Sirisena’s chagrin. Today's attacks are likely to bolster Rajapaksa’s standing, thanks to his tough-on-terror reputation, and some predict that the attacks will lead to opposition calls for a more autocratic style of governance. Any such move will rile up both China and India, who support opposing sides in Sri Lankan politics; Beijing sides with Rajapaksa while India is closer to Wickremesinghe. WHAT TO READ Pope Francis Denounces ‘Cruel Violence’ of Sri Lanka Easter Bombings [by Francis X. Rocca in The Wall Street Journal](5cbcac46abaf4ef9078ac6b9:ot:5a0a20039b139bcbda2e9bd6:1/ed5314f8?jwtH=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9&jwtP=eyJpYXQiOjE1NTU4ODQ3MDksImNkIjoiLmVtYWlsLm96eS5jb20iLCJjZSI6ODY0MDAsInRrIjoib3p5bGl2ZSIsIm10bElEIjoiNWNiY2FjNDczODJjMjkzODZkNjNiMTVkIiwibGlua1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cud3NqLmNvbVwvYXJ0aWNsZXNcL3BvcGUtZnJhbmNpcy1wdXNoZXMtZm9yLWVuZC10by1jb25mbGljdC1pbi12ZW5lenVlbGEtaW4tZWFzdGVyLXNwZWVjaC0xMTU1NTg0MjMzMz90ZXNsYT15Jm1vZD1hcnRpY2xlX2lubGluZSJ9&jwtS=EpaARrUVym_m5pN2M-J5dLno2rxfQ0S8Z0dze6ZBNT4) Pope: “I entrust to the Lord those who have tragically died and pray for the wounded and all those who suffer as a result of this dramatic event.” Hundreds dead in multiple blasts in Sri Lanka: What We Know So Far [in The Times of India](5cbcac46abaf4ef9078ac6b9:ot:5a0a20039b139bcbda2e9bd6:1/61004f9e?jwtH=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9&jwtP=eyJpYXQiOjE1NTU4ODQ3MDksImNkIjoiLmVtYWlsLm96eS5jb20iLCJjZSI6ODY0MDAsInRrIjoib3p5bGl2ZSIsIm10bElEIjoiNWNiY2FjNDczODJjMjkzODZkNjNiMTVlIiwibGlua1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC90aW1lc29maW5kaWEuaW5kaWF0aW1lcy5jb21cL3dvcmxkXC9zb3V0aC1hc2lhXC9vdmVyLTEzMC1kZWFkLWluLXNpeC1ibGFzdHMtaW4tc3JpLWxhbmthLXdoYXQtd2Uta25vdy1zby1mYXJcL2FydGljbGVzaG93XC82ODk3NTA4OC5jbXMifQ&jwtS=ULHbDmnlP4NurLyjaomGrU87z4w9htUeNj6ITcnge1E) Sri Lanka's police chief had made a nationwide alert 10 days ago that suicide bombers planned to hit “prominent churches” and the “Indian High Commission in Colombo.” WHAT TO WATCH Sri Lanka Blasts: More Than 200 dead in Bombings Across Country “This is a tough time for Christians, and a tough time, this week, for the [Catholic] church.” 5cbcac46abaf4ef9078ac6b9:ot:5a0a20039b139bcbda2e9bd6:1/3b71ddda?jwtH=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9&jwtP=eyJpYXQiOjE1NTU4ODQ3MDksImNkIjoiLmVtYWlsLm96eS5jb20iLCJjZSI6ODY0MDAsInRrIjoib3p5bGl2ZSIsIm10bElEIjoiNWNiY2FjNDczODJjMjkzODZkNjNiMTVmIiwibGlua1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb21cL3dhdGNoP3Y9c1lZa1hzemVPcmMmdD0xMHMifQ&jwtS=xwcEAZUGDu1XQdBTwZuHORCl6jaSxRaTmsA6CyPUqTw [CNN on YouTube](5cbcac46abaf4ef9078ac6b9:ot:5a0a20039b139bcbda2e9bd6:1/3b71ddda?jwtH=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9&jwtP=eyJpYXQiOjE1NTU4ODQ3MDksImNkIjoiLmVtYWlsLm96eS5jb20iLCJjZSI6ODY0MDAsInRrIjoib3p5bGl2ZSIsIm10bElEIjoiNWNiY2FjNDczODJjMjkzODZkNjNiMTVmIiwibGlua1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb21cL3dhdGNoP3Y9c1lZa1hzemVPcmMmdD0xMHMifQ&jwtS=xwcEAZUGDu1XQdBTwZuHORCl6jaSxRaTmsA6CyPUqTw) --------------------------------------------------------------- Sri Lanka Police Arrest Suspects in Easter Bomb Attacks Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe: “I see this as a major crisis that will lead the country and its economy towards instability.” 5cbcac46abaf4ef9078ac6b9:ot:5a0a20039b139bcbda2e9bd6:1/5c40a291?jwtH=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9&jwtP=eyJpYXQiOjE1NTU4ODQ3MDksImNkIjoiLmVtYWlsLm96eS5jb20iLCJjZSI6ODY0MDAsInRrIjoib3p5bGl2ZSIsIm10bElEIjoiNWNiY2FjNDczODJjMjkzODZkNjNiMTYwIiwibGlua1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb21cL3dhdGNoP3Y9VkR4ajJYaDAxTzAifQ&jwtS=AzXH8JRMzVdUS_iYNTADfcY3K52KwgwpLpwcoM0Ro4s [DW News on YouTube](5cbcac46abaf4ef9078ac6b9:ot:5a0a20039b139bcbda2e9bd6:1/5c40a291?jwtH=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9&jwtP=eyJpYXQiOjE1NTU4ODQ3MDksImNkIjoiLmVtYWlsLm96eS5jb20iLCJjZSI6ODY0MDAsInRrIjoib3p5bGl2ZSIsIm10bElEIjoiNWNiY2FjNDczODJjMjkzODZkNjNiMTYwIiwibGlua1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb21cL3dhdGNoP3Y9VkR4ajJYaDAxTzAifQ&jwtS=AzXH8JRMzVdUS_iYNTADfcY3K52KwgwpLpwcoM0Ro4s) WHAT TO SAY AT THE WATERCOOLER Network down. Sri Lankan authorities blocked Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Snapchat and Viber in the wake of the attacks, according to [web monitoring services](5cbcac46abaf4ef9078ac6b9:ot:5925cf33ac0c811781c01cb8:TEST:1555879813/c6a13965?jwtH=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9&jwtP=eyJpYXQiOjE1NTU4Nzk4MTMsImNkIjoiLmVtYWlsLm96eS5jb20iLCJjZSI6ODY0MDAsInRrIjoib3p5bGl2ZSIsIm10bElEIjoiNWNiY2Q2ZDFkZGI4MjllNzRjMjU0NWEyIiwibGlua1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXRibG9ja3Mub3JnXC9yZXBvcnRzXC9zb2NpYWwtbWVkaWEtYmxvY2tlZC1pbi1zcmktbGFua2EtZm9sbG93aW5nLWNodXJjaC1hbmQtaG90ZWwtYm9tYmluZ3MtWGFBd2xRQk0ifQ&jwtS=Yac-2tw7v-cC23L7IdvowQBTEAjdKGd0LhwBP8ADm2M). Government officials said they feared that hate speech and misinformation could spark more violence. The same happened last year during a spate of anti-Muslim riots and lynchings in Sri Lanka, and this is becoming more common: India blocked Facebook when riots broke out in 2012, while Iran and Turkey have shut down social networks amid political demonstrations and unrest. 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