For three minutes, the whole nation of Sri Lanka stopped everything to observe a nationwide silence on Tuesday to remember the more than 320 victims of the Easter Sunday blasts. Analysts note that while Sri Lanka has little history of Islamic terrorism, extremist groups are slowly gaining ground in the island nation. “Sri Lanka’s Muslim community is a model community. But, unfortunately, the security situation in the last years has deteriorated,” said Rohan Gunaratna from NTU.