<span style="color: #222222;">Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that all religions of the country have special Sri Lankan characteristics which need to be protected while some Muslim leaders complained of harassment faced by their community after Easter Sunday attacks. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime minister while talking to reporters in Kandy today, said it is because of these characteristics that they have a common Sri Lankan identity and cannot allow extremism to suppress it.   He said they have to ensure there is no reoccurrence of such incidents adding that they can be prevented if they continue to remain vigilant of the threat. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, several Muslim ministers and religious leaders held a press conference in Colombo this afternoon to press upon difficulty faced by the Muslim community in wake of attacks. Minister and leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Rauf Hakeem said that there is an attempt to portray the whole Muslim community as the culprit which is not right. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said search operations by security forces should differentiate between normal criminal activities and terrorist-related incidents. President of All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) Mufti Rizwe said Sri Lankan Muslims have provided all cooperation to security forces and shared vital information which led to several arrests. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He added that the community should not be harassed and targeted for the wrongs of a few wrongdoers.  In a related development, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today that Catholic private schools might be opened on Tuesday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He, however, added that these schools would be closed till Vesak holidays if there are fresh threats. The cardinal said that priests have been asked to decide whether to hold services at their churches this Sunday depending on the security situation.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">At least 258 people including 45 foreigners were killed in the attacks on churches and hotels on Easter Sunday,  which was carried out by local groups with the support of the Islamic state. </span><br />''