COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Two days after the Easter Sunday bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, I met my greengrocer at the Colpetty market, a symbol of the cosmopolitan city that I call home. The attacks on Easter Sunday have left everyone in Sri Lanka confused and bewildered. My friends responded, in true Christian spirit, that I had no need to apologize, and sent messages of concern for my safety. Sri Lankan Muslims trace our roots back to the Arab traders and Sufi mystics who brought Islam to Sri Lanka in the seventh century. And I wear both Western and Sri Lankan clothes, as do my mother, sister and extended family.

Source: New York Times May 02, 2019 09:56 UTC