Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st June 2026
This is the second follow-up article examining the contradictions surrounding the September 2023 Channel 4 documentary “Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings: Dispatches.” The first article questioned whether the alleged February 2018 meeting between...
Chartering Our Future / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th May 2026
The entire Channel 4 conspiracy narrative surrounding the Easter Sunday attacks rests fundamentally on one alleged event — a purported February 2018 meeting between Suresh Sallay and Zaharan Hashim. If that...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th May 2026
This rebuttal examines whether the Channel 4 documentary establishes its central allegation of high-level state complicity in the Easter Sunday attacks on the basis of independently verifiable evidence, or whether it relies...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of Media / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd May 2026
Easter Sunday would not have occurred if national security had received consistent attention and if intelligence monitoring of known radical networks had not been disrupted. After the 2015 regime change, intelligence coordination was weakened,...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th May 2026
Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila addressed the media after providing a statement to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), outlining a series of claims connected to investigative material arising from the Easter Sunday terror investigations. What...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th May 2026
The reported move by the Criminal Investigation Department Sri Lanka to obtain a statement from Asad Maulana living overseas since 2022, in connection with allegations involving Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay, raises several questions. Media reports...
Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st May 2026
On 21 April 2019, suicide bombers linked to the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) attacked 3 churches and 3 hotels, killing 269 people. After seven years, multiple investigations, commission reports, committee findings, and even...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th April 2026
We are in agreement on one point: on 21 April 2019 Zaharan and a team of suicide bombers targeted 3 hotels and 3 churches causing 269 fatalities. PART 1 — ESTABLISHED FACT Zahran...
Constitution Related / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th April 2026
The Cardinal has publicly expressed uncertainty as to why churches were targeted in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. However, this is not an unresolved mystery in terms of established findings. Multiple investigations — including...
Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2026
Since May 2021, a sequence of public statements has attempted to reshape the understanding of the Easter Sunday attacks and promote a new narrative burying a critical factor that may contribute to...
