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| SLMC leader Hakeem with HC Navi Pillay |
An update of
“Muslims’ Concerns” presented by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress to the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 2013
Key Information
1.
Over the 12 month period
between January and December 2013 there were at least 241 anti-Muslim
attacks andat least 69 anti-Christian attacks in Sri Lanka. 51 of
the anti-Muslim incidents were violent, involving either physical violence
against individuals or destruction of property. 15attacks against Christians
were violent. There were no significant attacks against Buddhists and
Hindus.
