Local Issues

Unless  BBS  is contained and persecution of Muslims  stopped  country  will  be heading towards a catastrophe. Muslim parliamentarians should either get their government to stop the persecution of Muslims or   leave the government if they have an iota of sell respect. Time for Jamiathul Ulema to confine to preaching and  leave the community alone.   Isn’t it time that responsible …

Bodu Bala Sena protest (File Photo) The above was the anguished and rather alarming cry that emanated a few weeks ago from Cabinet Minister and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem. That a minister, of justice at that and leader of the preeminent Muslim political party had to make a plea for an end to ethno-religious hate mongering in …

A calculated propaganda stunt engineered by the Sri Lankan Ethno-Religious Fascist movement ”Bodhu Bala Sena” (BBS) in Colombo city against Muslims engaged in the meat trade ended in a fiasco on Friday March 1st 2013. The neo-fascist Bodhu Bala Sena storm troopers were compelled to call off “Operation Dematagoda” a few hours after commencing it amidst great fanfare and publicity …

Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumour; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another’s seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, ‘The monk is our …

The Bodu Bala Sena, which is an organization that seeks to protect the rights of the Buddhist majority, has issued a ten point manifesto directed against Muslim religious practices that they claim are impinging on the rights of non-Muslims. Chief amongst these is the issuance of Halal certification of consumer products for a fee. A recent public rally in the …

The Supreme Court took a firm stand in upholding the rights of Muslims yesterday February 19, 2013. In SC (F/R) No: 688/2012 the Petitioner a twelve year old Muslim girl complained that her Fundamental Rights were violated when the Principal of the school she was attending at the time in Yatiyantota refused to allow her to attend school in the …