BBS, ISIS & The Real Problem
Mohamed Faizal
Over a year ago, there was violence unleashed upon the Muslims ofAluthgama and Beruwela, resulting in loss of Muslim lives and damage to Muslim properties. This was not inter-communal violence. This was violence upon the Muslim community.
(I am emphasizing the religious identity of the victims here. Whenever any kind of violence is reported anywhere in the world, a lot of the people immediately assume that the perpetrators are Muslims. The impact of propaganda against Muslims has been so devastating. So, let us remind ourselves that the victims of the racial violence in Aluthgama and Beruwela were Muslims; they weren’t its perpetrators.)
It is well known that BBS was behind this despicable violence, and spoiling of the over-a-millennium long cordial relationship between the Muslim and Sinhalese communities in Sri Lanka.
BBS has had problems with halal meat; Muslim men wearing beard, and visiting Masjids for their daily prayers; and Muslim women wearing the Hijab. It now has another addition to the long list of ‘Muslim things’ that the Buddhists in this country should be very fearful of and react violently against. That is the ISIS!
The media recently reported the death of a Sri Lankan Muslim in Syria. He had joined the rank of the ISIS. This was delightful news for the BBS. Delightful; not dreadful! For no one, not even BBS, genuinely believes that ISIS is a world conquering force that would soon swallow up the “Buddhist” Sri Lanka. It is just politically beneficial for the evil ones to portray them as such.
