Rajapaksa State Media Editor Calls Muslim MP A Pig
December 23, 2014
Rajapaksa State media editor called a Muslim MP who pledged support for the common opposition candidate a “pig.” Rajpal Abeynayake, the editor of the State owned Daily News tweeted “What a pig, this guy who crosses over with the MP he was given after Azwer was asked to resign. Gross.” Abeynayake who portraits himself as an authoritative mouthpiece of President Rajapaksa was referring to former Industry and Commerce Minister Rishard Bathuideen who withdrew support for the President along with his party.
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Rajpal Abeynayake on numerous occasions have expressed similar anti-Muslim sentiments, memorably soon after the Aluthgama ethnic violence where he justified the attack against Muslim businesses and the killing of several civilians by extremists Buddhist widely known to have state patronage. which ended in the deaths of several unarmed Muslims in the hands of Sinhala Buddhist extremists. In his editorial Abeynayake accused minority groups of provoking the violence that broke out in Alutgama and Beruwala in June 2014 while justifying the attacks against Muslims.
The editor of the Daily News is one of the coveted positions within the State Media apparatus and is handpicked by President Mahinda Rajapaksa among his most loyal followers. Its current incumbent is widely known to express the views and opinions of President Rajapaksa through his editorials and his twitter account.
What’s Wrong With The Muslims Of Sri Lanka?
Sri Lankan Muslims protest after Friday prayers outside a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 27, 2012
By Nishthar Idroos -December 22, 2014
Nishthar Idroos
Oh Muslims of Sri Lanka time is abundantly opportune for you to respond positively with a loud and clear message. Try and deafen ears with your choice for president in the forthcoming Presidential elections. Do try and come to your senses and reassert yourself with a bang. It’s enough you got slapped, punched, tied to trees,
berated, intimated, coerced, disparaged and your modesty outraged. You continue to admire, adore, applaud, relish and cherish your own humiliation, ignominy, indignity and downfall. What’s wrong with the Muslims of Sri Lanka? You’re being duped, deluded, deceived and defrauded by everyone including your own Muslim politicians yet you know not what to do. Each one of those who claim to represent you is either working against you or busy negotiating kickbacks, compensations, recompense from individuals and faceless organizations. You simply have no idea. You think your vote matters yet there is no group more glaringly disenfranchised than the Muslims of Sri Lanka. Don’t you think your blind faith in people and a skewed political system has led you to a dead end possibly heralding your own gradual marginalization?Read More