It’s not new to be violent
and discriminated on the basis of religion or beliefs, particularly against
members of religious minority groups for Sri Lankan regime. Though, there were
rapid alarm expressed by various parties of human rights, the Sri Lankan government
never calls upon any resolution and the minorities believe all these incidents occurred
with the Sri Lankan government’s back up.
Indeed, Dehiwela Shafi mosque
had been attacked and was compelled to put up the shutters few months ago. The Shafi
Mosque in Dehiwala was ordered by the Gangodawila Magistrate to cease all
its religious activities on 4th of March, with the influence of Kohuwala
Police.
Kohuwala Police
claim that the particular mosque is not registered
and existing illegitimately, which the allegation was made by the Ministry of
Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs on the specified mosque.
Although, the Shafi
mosque has been registered under the Sri Lankan Wakf board on 2010, the court
ordered to shut down the Shafi mosque, Dehiwala on the basis of a circulars published by the Ministry of Buddha Sasana and
Religious Affairs. It has been ridicules, that the court never respected the
believes of the minority Muslims and Sri Lankan Wakf Board which was
established under the Muslim Mosques And
Charitable Trusts Or Wakfs Act (No. 51 of 1956).
The minority Muslims
has been attacked on their religious beliefs and customs by various parties
with the backing of the regime. The Muslim community of Sri Lanka has been
facing various discriminations such as put off from consuming certified halal
foods, various abuses on wearing Islamic cultural dress code and rapid attacks on
mosques in Sri Lanka.
Despite the court has
released an order to re-open the particular mosque on 6th of March 2014, the Muslims
still fear of further attacks and the threats imposed on their lives.
I could see a whip started its lashes now. The Government feel not as Government, but the representative of majorities. And I think they always want the people to be against them. Because, nowadays Tamils stopped oppose the Government after the war. So, now they are trying to put Muslims in a compelled situation by restrict their religious faiths.
ReplyDeleteIt is good article which explains the situation of Sri Lanka. Keep it up.
you all my back borne to go ahead.... thank you
Deletetrue story that are 100'/, and actually some Sinhalese leaders had a clear plan on how to convert Sri Lanka from a multiracial country into a Buddhist country. At the time of independence in 1948, there were three distinct races. The majority were Sinhalese Buddhist composing about 69%, Then came Tamils, most of whom were Hindus,but were classified as Indian Tamils and Sri Lankan Tamils. both of them made up about 22% of the population. The last group was the Tamil speaking Muslims, who amounted to 9% and wanted to classify themselves as Muslims, rather than Tamils.The weakest of these groups were the Indian Tamils, who were about 10% of the population. The Sinhalese leaders in 1948 disfranchised these people and made them stateless in the very year of independence in 1948. In this they had the support of some Sri Lankan Tamils, led by G.G.Ponnampalam. Thantai Chelva broke off from the Tamil party and formed the Federal Party. Some of the Sri Lankan Tamils did not have the foresight to realize that their turn was next.It didn't take the Singhalese long to go for the Sri Lankan Tamils; The Sinhala Only Act introduced in the SL Parliament in 1956 set in motion the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka that ended in the Mullivaaikkal Genocide in May 2009. Having accomplished the second stage of the Sinhalisation of Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese have now turned there sight to the Muslims.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Its great, you had spoken about Sinhalisation. Which is the good topic to talk in Sri Lankan history. The citizens of the country had been adoring their culture and the religious practices and living as a brotherly hood. Which had been eroded by the sinhalisation.
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