Clarion Call Is made: Continuous Attack On Muslim Shops

By Rushdy Nizar -May 30, 2014 |

Rushdy Nizar

Clarion Call is made; Continuous Attack on Muslim Shops, a reminder of 1956 & 1983 Tamil pogrom

Mawanella is a town situated in Kegalle district, Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. It lies between Kegalle and Kadugannawa along the Colombo-Kandy road. There are considerable Moors and few Malays or Muslims population in the township and Mawanella quarters. The area is home to less than half a million people. Most of the contiguous areas are by and large occupied by Muslim and Sinhalese; Mawanella’s urbanized area is predominantly of Muslim communities.

For those familiar with the rooted local history, Muslims and Sinhalese communities have for long lived together harmoniously, barely of difference until the war victorious GOSL clandestinely began aiding and abetting the orange robed hooligan monks to propagate fake stories about Muslims.

A once pleasant social pluralist society has been tore apart and turned wild. In case the situation continues in this manner, on whose shoulder the catastrophic ramifications be laid. The leaders, who architected the enmity, injected and cultivated these types of poisonous and venomous thoughts amongst innocent Sri Lankan Sinhalese today rest in peace at Gampaha Horagolla Walawwa.

Not until of recent, incidents of organised crimes such as recent attack and burning of Muslim shops as reported by the local police is uncharacteristic of the locality, though there have been few army deserters reportedly involved in small level crime cases.

It is also an undeniable fact that GOSL has been deploying its own private army to spy on opposition members, ex-President Chandrika, and media personals.[1]Implicitly, the actions of GOSL prove that it will go to any extent to remain in power and propagate any false stories behind the screen.

Bringing back Mawanella to radar, Mawanella is a quiet town popular for Sinhala-Muslim unity. Historically, the town owes the fame as the abode of Utuwankandey Soora Saradiel alias Ceylon “Robin-Hood” – anindigenous local thatferociously rebelled andwrestled against British colonialism. Saradiel hailed from Mawanella, his glory lives to date (though not in the current urbanized Mawanella area).

Although, he is today a controversial character, yet his acts can be regarded as anti-British village ruffian, who fought against the local feudal chieftains. He looted possessions from the British officers and their local counterparts and dispensed amongst downtrodden villagers. Deekirikewagelage Saradiel was accompanied by fellow native’s specifically Mammale Marikkar, his sister, Abd-al-Cader, Nazarudeen, Samadet cetera.

On March 21, 1864, Saradiel was incapacitated by Mahath, a Muslim officer’s gun shot, which led to his execution at Kandy jail, Mammale Marikkar and few other comrades were also jailed in same Kandy jail, thus, ended the chapter of this local “Robin-Hood”.                                                       Read More