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Sri Lankan writer Nifraz Rifaz’s debut novel confronts Islamophobia after Easter bombings

· By Alex Howlett
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On September 22, after a five-year trial, 15 men from Sri Lanka’s minority Muslim community were convicted and sentenced to 200 to 260 years in prison each for their involvement in the 2019 Easter bombings. The coordinated suicide attacks on luxury hotels and Christian places of worship on April 21, 2019, remain one…

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