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Is Sri Lanka heading towards a Rohingya

type attack on island’s besieged

Muslims?

By Latheef Farookhe alliance between anti Muslim Sri Lankan racist outfit Bodu Bala Sena

and Burma’s blood thirsty Buddhist Monk !shin "iruthu# responsible forslaughtering thousands of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims# spells disaster forthe island$

his e%tremely dangerous alliance# brought together by their commonhatred towards Islam and Muslims#

perhaps trained and financed by their new found Israel and &nited Statesfriends # has all the ingredients to turn the island into a killing field fromwhich it may unlikely to reco'er for decades to come under the e%isting

local and global political en'ironment$

his unholy alliance fits into the (ionist sponsored and &nited States ledglobal anti Muslim campaign to )ustify the in'asion and destruction ofMuslim countries$ his is the reason why the Muslims suspect the hate

mongers as mercenaries of foreign forces$

he growing fear among the island’s besieged Muslim community is that *BBS+!sin "irathu !lliance, may lead to a Rohingya type attack on theisland’s Muslims$

!lready the Sinhalese e%tremists led by -athika .ela &rumaya and what ispercei'ed as its fronts such as BBS# Sihala Ra'aya and Ra'ana Balakayamanaged to poison the minds of Sinhalese against Muslims to )ustify suchan attack on Muslims$ In fact -.&’s &daya /ammanpila e'en stated oncethat *a 0102 type Sinhala+Muslim riot is ine'itable,$

It appears this hate campaign unleashed during the past two and half years

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  had already dented the centuries old traditional harmonious relationsbetween Sinhalese and Muslims$.owe'er there are signs of hope for the island$ Responsible elementsamong the Sinhalese started waking up to the threat posed bythese e%tremists to their society$ Many admit that e%tremists ha'e alreadycaused considerabledamage to the image ofBuddhism and theSinhalese community$ 3n the other hand theMuslims begin to reali4ethat this is not a conflictbetween Sinhalese andMuslims# but the work offew hundreds of

e%tremists who do notrepresent the Sinhalesecommunity as they claim$It was under thisatmosphere that the BBSleaders met Myanmar’s Monk !shin "irathu# described by ime maga4ineas the *Monk of error,$Local mainstream media which usually gi'e wide publicity to Sinhalesee%tremists and help promote their agendas were 5uiet$ .owe'er breakingthe news website 63L3MB3 elegraph stated on 07 March 7809 under the

headline :Buddhist Bin Laden’ o ;isit Sri Lanka< *"e’'e =ot Signed !ny!greement with 1>1 Mo'ement,< BBS“"e ha'e not signed any agreement with Burma’s Buddhist monk !shin

"irathu or the 1>1 mo'ement,# the 6hief %ecuti'e 3fficer of the BoduBala Sena @ilanthe "ithanage told 6olombo elegraph$ .e said the captionof the photograph# which is circulating 'ia social media saying *the BBS hascome to an agreement with Burma’s terrorist 1>1 mo'ements,# is a slander$

 *his picture was taken while our secretary ;en$/alagoda !tte/nanasara signing the 'isitors’ book$, he said$ !shin "iruthu# widely knownas the Burma’s :Bin Laden of Buddhism’ has been in'ited to Sri Lanka$

=ine days later on 70 March 7809 6eylon oday published a report byRuwan Laknath -ayakody under the headline,BBS in'ites !shin "irathuhera to 'isit SL *

he man that ime Maga4ine dubbed Ahe Face of Buddhist error#A Leaderof the 1>1 Mo'ement in Myanmar# who is notorious for his anti+Islam

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rhetoric# ;en$ !shin "irathu hera# will be arri'ing in the island on anin'itation by the Bodu Bala Sena BBSC$

BBS /eneral Secretary# ;en$ /alagoda !ththe /nanasara hera said#Dhere is no need for a hullabaloo yet$ "e will let the rele'ant people knowin due course$ "e ha'e in'ited him and he will come and we will ha'e ameeting$ hat is all$ he media does not need to know for how long he willstay here$ "e will plan it and re'eal it at the appropriate time$DBBS ducation and Research &nit 6hief 6oordinator# 6hamila Liyanage#said# D'en though the dates are not confirmed yet# he is definitely coming$

DBuddhist countries in the !siatic region are facing difficulties and e'en'iolence from the Muslims and the other religions in the region$ he beste%ample comes from hailand# Myanmar and Bangladesh$ his is the 'eryreason why ;en$ "irathu decided to start the 1>1 Mo'ement in Myanmar$

"e 'isited hailand and Myanmar and we will be 'isiting other countriesin ast !sia$ "e will definitely be starting an international network withglobal reach with likeminded Buddhist ci'il society institutions# Buddhistscholars and Buddhist acti'ist organi4ations in these countries$ "ith ;en$"irathu hera we will be discussing strategic plans for at least a regionalnetwork for the time being# for which we need a concrete plan#D he added$hese reports disturb specially Muslims$

!shin "irathu# leader of the anti+Muslimmo'ement in Burma# has been aDnotorious chau'inist,$ In its co'er story

the IM maga4ine described !shin"irathu< he Monk behind Burma’s

 *Buddhist error,$ .is apartheid+like speechstirred shocked reaction on witter# withusers calling the monk a Dneo+=a4iDinciting anti+Muslim pogroms in Burma$

.is 1>1 !nti Muslim organi4ation# together with the Myanmar armed forces#killed thousands of Muslim men# women# children and the aged# burntMuslim localities and indiscriminately raped Muslim women besides lootingMuslim properties and belongings$ hey threw bodies of hundreds ofMuslims killed into the Bay of Bengal and co'ered the dead bodies withclothes usually worn by Buddhists and claimed that they are the remainsof Buddhist people who became 'ictims$

It is this !shin "irathu whom the BBS is in'iting to Sri Lanka$ his is likein'iting .itler# Mussolini# !riel Sharon or Menachem Begin#

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Sri Lanka is not Myanmar$ Myanmar is a country which li'ed in isolation fordecades$ It was cut away from the world$ .owe'er Sri Lanka has a longhistory of ci'ili4ation and played a dynamic role in the hird "orld affairsand earned a name for itself$

Muslim world has traditionally been friendly with Sri Lanka$

3ur economy is tied to many Muslim countries$ !lmost a million SriLankans are employed in the /ulf States and their annual remittancee%ceeds si% billion dollars$ his brings relief to millions of families$ Infact employment opportunities abroad ha'e become the largest foreigne%change earner to the island$

Muslim countries always came to rescue Sri Lanka in times of crisis$ For

e%ample in the &nited =ations sponsored &nited =ations .uman Rights6ouncil resolution on March 7E in /ene'a calling for a comprehensi'ein'estigation into alleged serious 'iolations and abuses of human rights#committed by both parties in Sri Lanka# of the 07 countries 'oted againstfi'e were Muslim countries$ his included akistan# Saudi !rabia# &nited!rab mirates# !lgeria and Maldi'es If not for these fi'e Muslim countriesSri Lanka would ha'e got only se'en 'otes$ Four out of 07 countriesabstained were Muslims and no Muslim country 'oted for the resolution inthe 9E+member &=.R6@o the Sinhalese e%tremists who ha'e unleashed an unwanted destructi'e

campaign against Muslims understand the seriousness of their madness? 

Burning Muslim villages Muslim families thrown out of their homes

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Body of a Muslim child burnt and another child throat cut

&nder the circumstance do we need to )eopardi4e these friendly relationsfor the sake of few hundreds of e%tremists? &nder such circumstance is itwise for Sri Lanka to allow these e%tremists to hi)ack the country and

hobnob with mass murderers of Myanmar Muslims$3n the other hand Muslims worldwide are carefully watching the ongoinganti Muslim campaign in Sri Lanka$ "e are not li'ing in the pre colonial era$"e are part of the world and the world is not part of Sri Lanka as thesee%tremists think$

he price the country will be made to pay for the ongoing attack on theisland’s Muslim community will be unpredictable$