MEEGODA, Sri Lanka — Persecution of Christians is rising in Sri Lanka, where at least three attacks took place in September as the government promoted Buddhist nationalism to maintain its hold on power.
A Buddhist monk and his four subordinates led a mob attack on Jeevana Diya Church, beating a pastor until he fell unconscious and destroying church property. Others in the crowd beat the pastor’s mother after she pleaded for her son.
In the same district, a group of unidentified people tried to set fire to the house of the pastor of an Assembly of God Church, sources said. The mob threw plastic bags filled with kerosene and gasoline at the pastor’s house.
The same week, Praise Prayer Lanka Church had to cancel a worship service due to threat of an attack — possibly a contrived threat. More than two dozen policemen came to the church early in the morning and ordered worshippers to go to their homes.
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