Buddhist Temple Attack

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  Possible Attacks On Buddhist Temples, Sri Lankan Intelligence Reports

  Female bombers posing as devotees may have been planning to attack Sri Lanka's Buddhist temples after authorities seized white clothes from a house that was raided following Easter Sunday blasts, a media report said today.

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  15 Temples Vandalised In Bangladesh Over Facebook Post

  An angry mob vandalised at least five Hindu temples and attacked property in Bangladesh after an alleged Facebook post mocking one of Islam's holiest sites, police and residents said Monday.

• China's Buddhist temple forms squad to fight terrorists

  Members of the 'anti-terror' squad in Lingyin Temple practice Buddhism in the day and take part in training exercises at night

• Curfew in Colombo as tensions rise after mosque attack

  Sri Lankan police clamped a fresh curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood on Sunday, a day after a Buddhist-led mob vandalised a mosque in an incident that raised religious tensions and sparked US concern.

• Security tight as Indonesia celebrates Eid

  Tens of millions of Muslims in Indonesia celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday on Thursday as fears of fresh attacks at Buddhist sites prompted a security clampdown days after a temple bombing.

• Day after terror attack, prayers for peace at Bodh Gaya

  Thirty six hours after multiple blasts rocked the Mahabodhi temple, a heritage site in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, it was re-opened to the public and special prayers for peace were held by hundreds of Buddhist monks.

• Bodhgaya temple blasts: Delhi Police had warned of a possible Indian Mujahideen attack

  the Special Delhi of the Delhi Police had sent an intelligence input last October to Bihar's Director General of Police (DGP) and the Superintendent of Police in Gaya district about a possible strike by the IM.

• Nearly 300 arrested in Bangladesh for attacks on Buddhists

  Bangladesh police said on Tuesday that they had arrested nearly 300 people after Muslim mobs attacked temples and houses in what Buddhist leaders described as the worst violence against the community since independence.

• Bangladesh deploys troops after attacks on Buddhists

  Bangladesh sent in troops to guard Buddhist neighbourhoods on Monday after Muslim mobs carried out fresh attacks on temples and homes over Facebook photos deemed offensive to Islam.

• Bangladesh blames Muslim Rohingyas for temple attacks

  Bangladesh accused Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on Monday of involvement in attacks on Buddhist temples and homes in the southeast and said the violence was triggered by a photo posted on Facebook that insulted Islam.

• Bangladesh deploys troops after new attacks on Buddhists

  Bangladesh sent in troops to guard Buddhist neighbourhoods on Monday after Muslim mobs carried out fresh attacks on temples and homes over a Facebook photo deemed offensive to Islam, police said.

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  Rioters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh

  Thousands of rioters torched Buddhist temples and homes in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday over a photo posted on Facebook deemed offensive to Islam, in a rare attack against the community.