And Now - Persecution In Sri Lanka!

A large mob including Buddhist monks stormed a church in southern Sri Lanka recently, causing serious damage to property and injuring the pastor.

According to a preliminary report from Release partner the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL), the raid took place during a meeting in Weeraketiya in Hambanthota, a district of Southern Province. Children were in the congregation during what is being described as a 'distressing attack'.
The pastor was reportedly hit with a rock and was suffering 'severe pain in his lower abdomen'. Others were injured too. The mob destroyed furniture and equipment inside the church, as well as vehicles belonging to church members parked outside.
NCEASL reports that a group of Buddhist monks and lay people visited the pastor on Saturday and declared that he needed permission from Buddhist clergy to conduct Christian services in Weeraketiya. The pastor insisted that freedom of worship was his constitutional right but the visitors threatened to destroy the church if he did not stop conducting worship services. (Release International.)
So much for that 'Buddhists are all peace-loving stuff', eh?