Colombo (ENI). Church leaders in Sri Lanka have deplored reported attempts by some Christian evangelists to proselytise among victims of the tsunami in the island nation that led to the death of an estimated 40 000 people. "We are really concerned about such reports," said the Rev. Jayasiri Peiris, general secretary of the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka. "Inter-faith relations are very important and no one should misuse or strain these relations." Churches in Sri Lanka experienced a series of attacks last year following claims by some Buddhists that Christians had offered money and employment to non-Christians as a means of persuading them to accept the Christian faith.

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