Facebook didn’t delete some hate-filled videos from an Islamist preacher among the Sri Lankan bombers until after the Journal inquired about them
“Non-Muslims and people who don’t accept Muslims can be killed along with women and children,” said Islamic preacher Zahran Hashim in one video posted on Facebook in September, which was still publicly viewable until Tuesday.
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