Rohan Gunaratna

Sri Lanka must not take this Christian interreligious harmony for granted, the danger is that the Christian patience could break if there are more attacks, and that is what the terrorists want.

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Within the Christian community there has to be moderation because by its nature it consists of two different ethnic communities. Theres a natural instinct for them to look at such religious and ethnic issues with deep compassion.

Rohan Gunaratna

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This means that a catch and kill response alone will not work. The government must engage more with community leaders, schools, religious leaders in addition to expanding counter-terrorism capabilities.

Rohan Gunaratna

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As they were well educated and young, they could blend into and operate in the upmarket diplomatic enclave without evoking red flags, the IS (Islamic State) attack team was also technologically savvy and they uploaded the photos during the attack both to (the) IS command cell in Bangladesh and IS central in Syria.

Rohan Gunaratna

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