May, 2012

• 8 May

  Dambulla incident not just a Muslim issue – By Dr. Jehan Perera

  Dispute The dispute over the presence of a Muslim mosque on Buddhist temple land in Dambulla points Muslims protest in front of the Davatagaha mosque in Colombo to an underlying tension in Sri Lanka’s multi religious society that is capable of being exploited by extremist forces. It is reassuring that the violence that suddenly manifested itself over the location of …

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• 8 May

  Scholar urges Sri Lankan expats to stay calm over racial tensions back home – By RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN, ARAB NEWS STAFF

  M.I.M. Rizvi Mufthie addressing the Sri Lankan community in Riyadh on Friday. (AN photo)   A Sri Lankan Islamic scholar currently visiting the Kingdom said racial tensions following an attack on Dambulla mosque in Sri Lanka had greatly eased and the country’s government is trying its best to resolve this issue amicably. “We firmly believe that very soon a satisfactory …

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• 8 May

  Dambulla: A hard won peace put to the test By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya

    This year the celebration of Vesak takes place against the backdrop of an incident, the memory of which must surely cloud the tranquility of this sacred day for many Buddhists. In Dambulla two weeks ago an unruly mob led by Buddhist monks stormed a mosque, yelled abuse and prevented the Muslim devotees gathered there from conducting their prayers. This …

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• 7 May

  Finding Bin Laden: The Truth Behind the Official Story By Gareth Porter

    A few days after US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a "senior intelligence official" briefing reporters on the materials seized from bin Laden's compound said the materials revealed that bin Laden had, "continued to direct even tactical details of the group's management." Bin Laden was, "not just a strategic thinker for the …

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• 7 May

  So Long, US Dollar The Media Won’t Touch This Story About The End Of The US Dollar By Marin Katusa

    There's a major shift under way, one the US mainstream media has left largely untouched even though it will send the United States into an economic maelstrom and dramatically reduce the country's importance in the world: the demise of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency. For decades the US dollar has been absolutely dominant in international trade, …

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• 7 May

  Wake up call from Dambulla to Sinhalese and Muslims alike By Latheef Farook

  To mainstream Sinhalese; Save the Sinhalese and the country from chauvinists. To Muslim politicians and theologians; Don’t sell the community. You are under watch. Muslim community’s overall response to vandalism at the Dambulla mosque by a mob led by Ven Inamaluwa Sumangala Thero on Friday 20 April 2012 has been “calm and dignified”. In one voice their message to the …

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• 3 May

  You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going To Do About It? By John Pilger

  You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished.  Turn on your computer and the US Department of Homeland Security's National Operations Center may monitor whether you are typing not merely "al-Qaeda", but "exercise", "drill", "wave", "initiative" and "organisation": all proscribed words. The British …

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