Posted by: Raashid Riza Tags: China,muslims,sri lanka,United Nations,world Posted date: April 23, 2012 | Comment
Recent events call into question the political position of the Muslim community within Sri Lanka, and the historical context which put them there
Last Friday a mob of about 2000 Sinhalese, led by a group of Buddhist monks, stormed into a mosque in the historical city of Dambulla. They caused disturbances so severe that Friday prayers had to be cancelled. Reports suggest that the mosque had been hurled at with petrol bombs the night before, causing minor damage, and security forces were deployed to control the situation. The targeting of the Muslim community was instigated by a group of racist Sinhalese individuals, consisting largely of hooligans, who were motivated by the uproar and attention such an act would create, rather than by any identifiable ideology.Read more