SRI LANKA, April 21 -- 15 year old religious centre has been in the eye of the storm since Palm Sunday, (the beginning of 'Holy Week' for followers of the Christian faith), that's when mobs hurled stones and firecrackers at the building, following the arrival of Bishop Asiri Perera, President of Sri Lanka's Methodist Church.
Typically, the local police showed tremendous reluctance to act against the assailants. It took a meeting between Bishop Perera, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and IGP Pujith Jayasundera to get police protection for the church - in case the mob decided to stage an encore during the Good Friday church service.
On Friday (19) afternoon, a silent vigil was held for religious freedom in Sri Lanka outside the Kollupit...