Four Sri Lankan Muslim Ministers, who resigned following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people, have rejoined the government after investigators found no link in their alleged involvement with a local Islamist extremist group.
Two senior Muslim leaders Rauff Hakeem — the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and Rishad Badiyudeen, the leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress — were sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena last night.
Along with them, two more Muslims, a State Minister and a Deputy Minister rejoined the government.
The Ministers were among nine government legislators, several of the Cabinet Ministers, who resigned in early June after a Buddhist lawmaker demanded their sacking and accused them of terror links.
