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An firebrand Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka was sentenced to four years in jail by a court on March 28 for inciting sectarian hatred against the island minority Muslim community, AFP reported. The Colombo High Court found Galagodaatte Gnanasara guilty of causing harm to Muslims by making derogatory remarks about Islam during a press conference in 2016. A court official confirmed the verdict, stating that Gnanasara was also fined $330 and immediately taken into custody to serve his sentence. Gnanasara, known for his close association with Wirathu, an extremist monk from Myanmar, has faced allegations of instigating violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka, whe
stanley cup re about 10% of the population follows Islam. This is not the first time Gnanasara has been incarcerated. In 2018, he was sentenced to six years for intimidating the wife of a missing cartoonist and for contempt of court. However, he was released after nine months when former President Maithripala Sirisena granted him a pardon. Fo
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New Delhi: Amid strains in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi alliance over Rahul Gandhi strident criticism of V D Savarkar, NCP chief Sharad Pawar has stepped in to play the peacemaker by conveying the Shiv Sena concerns on the issue to the Congress leadership. Opposition leaders said Congress has agreed to tone down its criticism of Savarkar, which has led to unease among the NCP and Shiv Sena, its alliance partners in Maharashtra. Also ReadRahul Gandhi to abide by eviction notice, vacate bungalow Pawar raised the issue during a meeting of opposition leaders conve
stanley de ned by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday evening and made it clear that targeting Savarkar, a revered figure in Maharashtra, would not help the opposition alliance in the state, two leaders who attended the meeting told PTI. Former Congress Presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were present at the meeting along with leaders of opposition parties. Pawar also told Rahul Gandhi that Savarkar was never a member of the RSS and underscored that the real fight of the opposition parties was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. As the BJP stepped up attack on Rahul Gandhi and sought
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stanley italia tour to the UK, the former Lok Sabha member from Wayanad had said that he was not Savarkar and would not apologise. Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had slammed Gandhi for his attack on Savarkar and said his outfit will no