Jaffna University Sinhala Society Exposes Series Of Grievances And Anti-Sinhala Attacks Against Them
July 19, 2016
Prior to Saturday’s clash, the Sinhala Society of the University of Jaffna had been exposing a series of racially motivated incidents launched against the Sinhala students by unknown groups in the university and their unresolved grievances via its official Facebook page.
According to several posts by the Society on their Facebook page, there have been various clandestine moves by unknown groups to incite hatred and anger against the Sinhala students. In one such incident, a poster had been in circulation where it had said that the Sinhala Students had demanded for the construction of a Buddhist Temple in front of the Jaffna University. However, the wordings in the poster drew suspicion due to the spelling errors.
The poster which said ‘We need a Buddist Temble in front of University of Jaffna’ and was signed by ‘the Buddist Student’s Union of the University of Jaffna, SriLanka’ had contained glaring mistakes in the words ‘Buddhist’ and ‘Temple’ and even ‘Sri Lanka.’
Subuddhika Illukkumbura, member of the society who shared an image of the post on the society’s Facebook page said,” We don’t want a temple in front of the university. One temple in Jaffna is adequate for our worship….If we need we will ask for a place inside the university to do our worship…”
