Sri Lanka: Police inaction as Muslim shops torched by Buddhists

[Vikki]

so you hate Muslims and mosques?


did Buddha taught you this?
they advocated sharia law not enforced it. its their Democratic right.


and even in that extraordinary ideological Muslim state ordinary public don't support burning minority homes for no reason. Had you been in Pakistan posting such hatred against minority, then within few hours you would have become a missing person. We consider our minority as vital part of our country.

Man, I think you are joking

 

[HeinzG]

The Army runs the show when it counts

No. You have been mislead.

 

[Saradiel]

what do you mean by muslims should learn their place? what place are yu taling about when some idiotic fk comes and starts buring their livelihood

He is an islamaphobe

and my dear friend if not for pakistan your country would be run over by LTTE!!! if not for Pakistan you would be nothing but indian slave!

Sri Lanka always respected the support Pakistan rendered during her hour of need. There is a reason why we sent our cricket team to Pakistan ignoring securing considerations in 2009 and returned even after we were bombed.

I cant understand why you drag it here. What we have is a law and order problem and the current gover's extreme inefficiency in curbing the situation. Sri Lanka is a multi ethnic and multi religious country, it is not a theocracy. The government took action to control the situation and hundreds are jailed now.

pakistan is a country made for muslims in south asia with muslim laws and customs in mind, isn't it? so if someone wants to live under such conditions, he should consider moving to a country where his ideals and attitudes match more with the prevailing culture of the said country.

No Muslims in SL have asked for Shariah. What we see is a large islamophobic wave in Sri Lanka and it should be tackled.

Than your constitution gives them right to practice within the domain of their country.No? And if they are violating any rights as per you, than its the responsibility of state to act. No?

That is why the state acted and controlled the situation. More than hundred people are jailed. And large majority in SL condemn this violence. Apart from a minority of misguided fellows who go after these islamophobic organisations, the rest of SL stood with Muslims. There is a way we handle such situations and we have again this time as well.

That still does not give mob the right to take justice in their own hands.Whether anyone is Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, at the end of the day they are all srilankans and have equal rights. If a national park is being destroyed, again its the state who will have to decide if its legal or illegal and not some bunch of goons burning shops.

yes and that is why the situation was controlled and the violent ones were jailed.

I thought Sri Lanka has around 100% literacy rate.

Actually the high literacy rates has not really helped us. Sadly

Muslims are acting lawlessly. That is why Sinhalese people have taken law into their own hands.



So instead of respecting the state laws and customs you suggest Muslims to take arms if they can't to what they like? This is the exact reason why Muslims being targeted all around the world.

Sri Lankan police is more than willing to take the side of Muslim in the name of political correctness. This is why Sinhalese have lost their confident of the law and police itself.



We are utterly thankful for Pakistan for come to our own aid in 1999. But, other than the warm relationship between both countries there are no religious connection between both the countries.

I dont think there is NO point in blaming the victim here. You have to accept Islamophobia is a big problem in SL today in fact more than Islamic extremism. The government needs to take tough measures to control it.

But you support the buddist extremists and fanatics attacking a unarmed minority?




How am I a hypocrite I already said everyone has thev right to self defense, if being attacked by extremists especially if the law does nothing to protect them like in sri Lanka



There you go blaming buddist extremism on others.
The sri Lankan Muslims are a poor unarmed minority, you have already falsely claimed that entire sri lankan government panders to this poor minority (a lie on your part to justify persecution)
You are justifying Buddhist extremism by saying "oh look at why Buddhists are turning into fanatics" as if there is a legitimate excuse

Sri Lankan law has not just failed to protect this small unarmed Muslim minority but also failed to track down and imprison the buddist monks guilty of hate speech

Sri Lanka has protected the Muslim minority in this case, with so much difficulty. That is why the violence ended with only 1 death and damage to property which can be rebuilt with compensation. The Muslim community were protected and some of them were housed in Buddhist temples. Local Buddhist monks went inside mosques and spent the nights with Buddhist young men to defend mosques. That is how it was done and more damage was avoided.

What police inaction? The police were out there firing tear gas as soon as the riots started. The riots happened in the suburbs of Kandy where organizing and mobilizing a anti-riot force takes much more time than the main city or Colombo

Also there is no such a thing as "Non Buddhist Tamil" areas, that is hillarious and stupid. So do we now have lands with races and religions? Also the temple you show is a historic one, the Nagadeepa Raja Maha Viharaya is one of the most sacred Temples in Sri Lanka and a ancient one as well, unless your definition of "new" is based on centuries.

There is no restrictions on building Temples or Mosques or Churches in Sri Lanka. Mosques ,Hindu Kovils and Cristian churches are built almost everywhere even where their populations are quite low. You can see many Kovils and Mosques all around the Western and Southern Provinces

Yes this is pure police inaction and government inefficiency. Any fool can understand when known islamaphobes, went to the funeral of the killed Buddhist and started speeches, something violent could happen. Instead of controlling the situation, the government was idle.

I think a more populist govt with strong roots will solve this new problem in Lanka

Rajapaksas need to be back.

Why the sudden interest now? Buddhist have been ethically cleansing Tamil Hindus for decades In Sri Lanka , mass civil war , suddenly if Muslim gets targeted here it becomes international news?

Then how come Tamil population in SL is rising?

@waz @The Eagle

Sri Lanka sees rise of islamophobia at the moment. More and more islamophobic material from english websites are translated to local languages brainwashing people. It is like how west was met with islamophobia few years back. The government has to take action on that.

The Sri Lankan army is in charge of the area

The Northern province is under an election provincial council.

How Sri Lanka is controlling the issue

Over 200 Sinhalese Repair Madeena Hotel In Anamaduwa: Hotel Resumes Business 18 Hours After Arson Attack



Setting a great example to the rest of the county, over 200 people in Anamaduwa repaired the Muslim-owned Madeena Hotel in Anamaduwa, which was burnt down by an unidentified group last night.

The large majority of those who came to repair the hotel today were Sinhalese. The initiative was launched under the guidance of a local trade association.

The repairing was completed within 12 hours after the attack.the hotel resumed business tonight itself.

Police investigations are underway to apprehend those who burnt down the hotel.

http://www.asianmirror.lk/news/item...l-resume-business-18-hours-after-arson-attack

 

[Śakra]

Throw sanctions on lanka

 

[Godman]

Throw sanctions on lanka

And for what?

Yes this is pure police inaction and government inefficiency. Any fool can understand when known islamaphobes, went to the funeral of the killed Buddhist and started speeches, something violent could happen. Instead of controlling the situation, the government was idle.

The police did their best but they didn't receive proper orders from the Govt. Ranil as the Minister of Law and Order was busy with the No-confidence motion. The Police could have dispersed the crows if the govt ordered them to use more force like at least shooting into air.

 

[HeinzG]

I dont think there is NO point in blaming the victim here. You have to accept Islamophobia is a big problem in SL today in fact more than Islamic extremism. The government needs to take tough measures to control it.

This is not a issue about Islamophobia. This is an issue about Sri Lankan state's avid political correctness. They don't even apprehend suspects if they happened to be from Muslim community. (I may have exaggerated it a little.)

If government decided to be impartial then first they should act like they are impartial. People are concerned about it. They should start cleaning Kaththankudi, Darga town etc., and provide the Sinhalese community with an example.

 

[Saradiel]

This is not a issue about Islamophobia. This is an issue about Sri Lankan state's avid political correctness. They don't even apprehend suspects if they happened to be from Muslim community. (I may have exaggerated it a little.)

If government decided to be impartial then first they should act like they are impartial. People are concerned about it. They should start cleaning Kaththankudi, Darga town etc., and provide the Sinhalese community with an example.

What is happening in Kattankudi or Darga town? Do you think government has to intervene and stop people wearing Arabic dresses? Is it a bigger crime than violence against people and damaging property.
Sri Lankans should realise, there is a huge threat of Islamophobia in the country. It has done more damage to SL than Islamic extremism. At least islamic extremism is considered dangerous and people in general including Muslims understand it should be contained. But no one in SL really regard Islamophobia as a problem. Failure to understand a problem will not help us. The government and civil orgs need to look into this issue and tackle it with urgency before more violence broke out. At least now the gover has got a good kick on the bu++ and realised how dangerous this can be.

And nanasara need to be disrobed

 

[HeinzG]

What is happening in Kattankudi or Darga town? Do you think government has to intervene and stop people wearing Arabic dresses? Is it a bigger crime than violence against people and damaging property.
Sri Lankans should realise, there is a huge threat of Islamophobia in the country. It has done more damage to SL than Islamic extremism. At least islamic extremism is considered dangerous and people in general including Muslims understand it should be contained. But no one in SL really regard Islamophobia as a problem. Failure to understand a problem will not help us. The government and civil orgs need to look into this issue and tackle it with urgency before more violence broke out. At least now the gover has got a good kick on the bu++ and realised how dangerous this can be.

And nanasara need to be disrobed

Kattankudi, Darga town and many other Muslim dominated cities are functioning like there are no laws in the country. No helmets for the bikes, No traffic policing, No civic sense; these are but few failings of Muslim dominated areas. It is not about policing what people can wear or not. But about reinstating fair treatment for every community. Sinhalese people have been agitated by the blatant violation of laws by Muslim community. That has driven them to take law in to their own hands.

Islamophobia is a world wide issue not something unique to our society. I don't think you need that to be explained to you in great details. Muslims are by no means ready and capable enough to control and subdue Islamic extremism. In fact it will be the Muslim community that will benefit from the success of the Islamic extremism in the long run. They will help it if necessary out of fear or enthusiasm. What ever happened, Muslim communities final answer will be "We are moderate Muslims. We condemn the violence. We have nothing to do with extremism. Extremists are but a small minority."

There are actually two ways to curb Islamophobia within the community. Either Muslims must leave the community and get settled in a overwhelmingly Islamic country or the rest of the community must convert to Islam enmasse. What do you think government and civil organizations must do to curb Islamophobia?

Gnasara is a well crafted pawn in Sri Lankan political chess board. Sad thing is that not many people realize the danger as what it actually is. Disrobing him will not make him less dangerous in fact there is no way to disrobe a monk for his conduct.

 

[Vijyes Yechury]

Failure to understand a problem will not help us. The government and civil orgs need to look into this issue and tackle it with urgency before more violence broke out. At least now the gover has got a good kick on the bu++ and realised how dangerous this can be.

Is this a meaningful statement? Can you explain what is the way to tackle it? Why should violence be controlled? What is the advantage of controlling violent actions if there are violent intentions which are not controlled?

 

[Godman]

What is happening in Kattankudi or Darga town? Do you think government has to intervene and stop people wearing Arabic dresses? Is it a bigger crime than violence against people and damaging property.
Sri Lankans should realise, there is a huge threat of Islamophobia in the country. It has done more damage to SL than Islamic extremism. At least islamic extremism is considered dangerous and people in general including Muslims understand it should be contained. But no one in SL really regard Islamophobia as a problem. Failure to understand a problem will not help us. The government and civil orgs need to look into this issue and tackle it with urgency before more violence broke out. At least now the gover has got a good kick on the bu++ and realised how dangerous this can be.

And nanasara need to be disrobed

The Government needs to act strongly and remove extremists but after that the Government needs to counter claims by Islamophobes and spread true information like on the Sterilization pills controversy.

It doesn't help that leading Muslim organizations like the ACJU is led by fanatics themselves although not on the level of Thawheed Jammath. If you look at their submissions to the MMDA reform committee they are still against secular law and continues to push Sharia law with very few improvements.
It doesn't help they are accused of making death threats towards women who speak against MMDA. The fact that SL is debating about religious laws alone is a issue.
The ACJU tries to act as the representative of of all Ulamas in SL and it doesn't paint a very positive image about Sri Lankan muslims, even though a lot of them do not agree with the ACJU.

It is going to be really hard to keep Islamophobia under control. Racism and Religious extremism is a cancer that needs to be removed but the current situation is similar to bathing in carcinogens. Removing Gnanasara and BBS, Amith and Mahason Balakaya isn't going to stop new ones from appearing

 

[Darmashkian]

However one sided action does not work. The Government already tried to take down the BBS but they can't just punish the Sinhala extremists while Muslim extremists are attacking Temples ,cutting down forest reserves to build villages ,force Buddhists to convert to Islam in the Eastern Province. So instead of going up against everyone they gave up

Are they really doing that?? Forcing people to convert & occupying land illegally?

Is love jihad also happening?

Since when have the Islamists been that powerful in Sri Lanka??

I thought the Sinhalas & Tamils were war hardened & aggressive communities,why would they allow the Muslims in the Eastern Provinces to go so wild in the first place??

 

[wiseone2]

impose a two child limit especially on Muslims

 

[Kaniska]

Kattankudi, Darga town and many other Muslim dominated cities are functioning like there are no laws in the country. No helmets for the bikes, No traffic policing, No civic sense; these are but few failings of Muslim dominated areas. It is not about policing what people can wear or not. But about reinstating fair treatment for every community. Sinhalese people have been agitated by the blatant violation of laws by Muslim community. That has driven them to take law in to their own hands.

Islamophobia is a world wide issue not something unique to our society. I don't think you need that to be explained to you in great details. Muslims are by no means ready and capable enough to control and subdue Islamic extremism. In fact it will be the Muslim community that will benefit from the success of the Islamic extremism in the long run. They will help it if necessary out of fear or enthusiasm. What ever happened, Muslim communities final answer will be "We are moderate Muslims. We condemn the violence. We have nothing to do with extremism. Extremists are but a small minority."

There are actually two ways to curb Islamophobia within the community. Either Muslims must leave the community and get settled in a overwhelmingly Islamic country or the rest of the community must convert to Islam enmasse. What do you think government and civil organizations must do to curb Islamophobia?

Gnasara is a well crafted pawn in Sri Lankan political chess board. Sad thing is that not many people realize the danger as what it actually is. Disrobing him will not make him less dangerous in fact there is no way to disrobe a monk for his conduct.

Simple answer to this situation is to follow .Follow your friend China in dealing with such things...Even India is also worse in this regard to controlling radicalism in some part of India...

 

[Godman]

Are they really doing that?? Forcing people to convert & occupying land illegally?

Is love jihad also happening?

Since when have the Islamists been that powerful in Sri Lanka??

I thought the Sinhalas & Tamils were war hardened & aggressive communities,why would they allow the Muslims in the Eastern Provinces to go so wild in the first place??

Its easier to spread radical ideologies in the Eastern province due to the relatively large Muslim population and Muslim political parties like the Muslin Congress and ACMC having far more power. Muslim parties are always in the Government, the same parties were in the Rajapaksa government and the same parties are in the current government. When governments change they jump to the other side.

These parties also try to stop Muslims in the East from contesting from other parties

 

[Vikki]

Its easier to spread radical ideologies in the Eastern province due to the relatively large Muslim population and Muslim political parties like the Muslin Congress and ACMC having far more power. Muslim parties are always in the Government, the same parties were in the Rajapaksa government and the same parties are in the current government. When governments change they jump to the other side.

These parties also try to stop Muslims in the East from contesting from other parties

Do muslims in srilanka speak tamil or sinhala?