Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th April 2026
The 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka were not unforeseen. Intelligence agencies had repeatedly flagged threats, warrants existed against Zaharan. Yet negligence, inaction, and bureaucratic delays allowed an ideology rooted in hatred...
Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th April 2026
On 21 April 2019, Sri Lanka experienced one of the deadliest terror attacks in its history, targeting churches and hotels and taking hundreds of innocent lives. While the operational responsibility lies with Zaharan...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / UN & Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd April 2026
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) must undertake an independent review and verification of the statements made by Mohammed Hanzeer alias Azad Maulana concerning the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on 21 April 2019, which killed 270 people, including...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th March 2026
Section 127 of Sri Lanka’s Code of Criminal Procedure allows a Magistrate to record statements or confessions in criminal cases — not just from the accused, but also from anyone claiming to have...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th March 2026
On 21 April 2019, eight suicide bombers unleashed coordinated attacks that killed nearly 300 people and shattered a nation that had experienced a decade of peace since the defeat of LTTE in May 2009. The...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th March 2026
In complex investigations, facts are expected to lead the narrative. But sometimes, the narrative begins to lead the facts. When that happens, certain names rise above others — not necessarily because of proven...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd March 2026
The colonial occupiers have much to answer for. Many present-day problems were planted as part of colonial divide-and-rule policies However, we cannot live in the past and repeatedly blame the bearers. We...
Constitution Related / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st March 2026
In 2019, exactly 10 years after the end of LTTE separatist terrorism, coordinated attacks targeted three churches and three luxury hotels, claiming nearly 300 lives and injuring over 500. The attacks were carried out...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th March 2026
The Easter Sunday bombings were not isolated or random they were tied to a global jihadist ideology and the Islamic State (ISIS) caliphate narrative. Zahran Hashim and the NTJ network openly declared allegiance to...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st March 2026
Intelligence agencies worldwide routinely engage, monitor, and penetrate extremist networks. Some assets later become enemies, terrorists, or insurgents. That reversal cannot be criminally pinned on intelligence officers. If it were, every major...
