Resilience the rock of ages View(s):Next weekend is when the country should be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the defeat of terrorism and the return of peace. Instead, Sri Lanka has seen a return to terrorism of a different kind, but terrorism nevertheless. How is it that having undergone 30 years of terrorism, people are virtually paralysed by fear after one day of terrorism? What does a graduate from these Arabic colleges do in Sri Lanka other than teach Arabic to more and more students. Likewise, the controversial ‘Shariah University’ in Batticaloa must be made a campus for all – within the university system of Sri Lanka.

Source: Sunday Times May 11, 2019 20:03 UTC