Legacies of impunity
January 16, 2014
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a Jew – Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)
Bible burning and church razing – that is the horrific legacy of 18 months of carte blanche for extremist forces masquerading as Buddhist religious movements. It is the bequest of unchecked hate speech from public platforms of the Bodu Bala Sena and the Sihala Ravaya which has coloured the teachings and the discourse in every Buddhist temple, from the smallest villages to the largest towns across the island.