Addressing communal religious violence and the revival of the bhikkhuni order

On religious freedom and secular liberty

Identifying the root causes of conflict and ways of resolving it

On the need for an alternative approach to countering extremism

I met Mawlavi Faiz, the chief caretaker and Imam of the Red Mosque in Kandy, on his way out after the evening prayers. On being asked his reaction to recent events in the southern towns of Aluthgama a

When my elders retold to me Bangladesh’s struggle for independence, I was regaled with the fundamental principles that make an independent nation-state worth living in. One of these was religious plur