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The claim

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's father was a Muslim.

Rating

False

Reviewed by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

Fact Crescendo reports that the President’s father was Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ranbanda and that the Presidential Media Division said he was Buddhist. It also reports that the man pictured in the posts was an Indian Muslim, not the President’s father.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026