Sri Lanka: Police inaction as Muslim shops torched by Buddhists

[newb3e]

Government did nothing about these things. That is why Buddhists have taken the matter into their own hands.

lols and what will you call these buddists? terrorist or freedom fighter?

 

[Godman]

Women covering their heads is part of Islamic mandatory dress code.

I wonder why you would bring that up?

We don't enforce Religious laws on others like Muslim countries do. Sri Lanka is almost a secular country with secular laws with exception of Muslim Marriage and Divorce acts which allow Child Marriage and denies Muslim women the right to have a fair divorce trial in a secular court which the Governments have been trying to change but opposition by Islamic extremists have been stopping it.
Sri Lanka don't discriminate against its Muslim population and often discriminates against Sinhalese to avoid offending Muslims which have been a major boost for Sinhalese Extremist organizations.

What's worse is law and order was so lax that they did not even intervene

If you are not bothering to keep up with the events in SL then don't even bother posting here

This is a excuse for your Buddhist Sinhalese extremism

You are blaming others for your own extremism and at the same time saying Muslims should not become extremists

Why should Muslims not become extreme if they are being attacked

Do I have no like or tolerant your black *** if at the same time you become a buddist fanatic attacking a unarmed Muslim minority?

I am more of an atheist than a Buddhist, I follow Buddha's teachings but don't spend time doing religious stuff. Buddhism is different from Abrahamic religions .

No should obviously become extremists but you do realize you are being a major hypcrite. Non-Muslims are killed everyday and punished inhumanely for crimes against a god they don't even believe exist, why shouldn't they take up arms and kill all those Muslims?

I do not support the loons like the Bodu Bala Sena and its leader is one of the most disgusting people on Earth for me but the fact is more people are going to listening to them these days.

Instead of blaming everyone else why don't you look if their is a reason why people are listening to such hate filled people?

 

[hussain0216]

am more of an atheist than a Buddhist, I follow Buddha's teachings but don't spend time doing religious stuff. Buddhism is different from Abrahamic religions .

But you support the buddist extremists and fanatics attacking a unarmed minority?

No should obviously become extremists but you do realize you are being a major hypcrite. Non-Muslims are killed everyday and punished inhumanely for crimes against a god they don't even believe exist, why shouldn't they take up arms and kill all those Muslims?

How am I a hypocrite I already said everyone has thev right to self defense, if being attacked by extremists especially if the law does nothing to protect them like in sri Lanka

I do not support the loons like the Bodu Bala Sena and its leader is one of the most disgusting people on Earth for me but the fact is more people are going to listening to them these days.

Instead of blaming everyone else why don't you look if their is a reason why pe

There you go blaming buddist extremism on others.
The sri Lankan Muslims are a poor unarmed minority, you have already falsely claimed that entire sri lankan government panders to this poor minority (a lie on your part to justify persecution)
You are justifying Buddhist extremism by saying "oh look at why Buddhists are turning into fanatics" as if there is a legitimate excuse

Sri Lankan law has not just failed to protect this small unarmed Muslim minority but also failed to track down and imprison the buddist monks guilty of hate speech

 

[Godman]

But you support the buddist extremists and fanatics attacking a unarmed minority?

When did I do that? I spent my entire day from morning to evening with Muslims and Tamils

How am I a hypocrite I already said everyone has thev right to self defense, if being attacked by extremists especially if the law does nothing to protect them like in sri Lanka

The law protects them. If not why the hell did the GoSL went as far as deploy the military and call for a state of emergency

There you go blaming buddist extremism on others.
The sri Lankan Muslims are a poor unarmed minority, you have already falsely claimed that entire sri lankan government panders to this poor minority (a lie on your part to justify persecution)
You are justifying Buddhist extremism by saying "oh look at why Buddhists are turning into fanatics" as if there is a legitimate excuse

Sri Lankan law has not just failed to protect this small unarmed Muslim minority but also failed to track down and imprison the buddist monks guilty of hate speech

We did track down the monks and arrested them, the government almost arrested every single monk in the BBS They got bail for god's sake!
There is no such a thing as a "poor minority" and the GoSL's unwillingness to act against Muslim extremism is encouraging more people to join the BBS than criticize it. If you look at social media its all people saying the Goverment is "kade yanawa" for Muslims. (Kade Yanawa means going shopping in Sinhala, the meaning is the Government unjustly serving Muslims).
Such sentiments are dangerous and end up in situations like this.
You can't counter Buddhist loons if the Government doesn't take action against Islamic loons. I never justify persecution and if look at my past opinions of the BBS, I have harshly criticized them and I have been one of those asking for heightened hate speech laws and if you try you can find threads in PDF of me calling for stricter laws against racists.


Instead of making up nonsense I recommend looking at the issues. Sri Lanka has problems that are very different from others.
Sri Lankan Government even went as far as asking all Buddhists to apologize from Muslims

 

[manlion]

We don't enforce Religious laws on others like Muslim countries do. Sri Lanka is almost a secular country with secular laws with exception of Muslim Marriage and Divorce acts which allow Child Marriage and denies Muslim women the right to have a fair divorce trial in a secular court which the Governments have been trying to change but opposition by Islamic extremists have been stopping it.
Sri Lanka don't discriminate against its Muslim population and often discriminates against Sinhalese to avoid offending Muslims which have been a major boost for Sinhalese Extremist organizations.

by positioning Buddhism to give the “foremost place”, it stratifies Buddhism and relegates other religions to a lower position.

Sri Lanka Constitution

Article 9: “The Republic of Sri Lanka shall give to Buddhism the foremost place and accordingly it shall be the duty of the State to protect and foster the Buddha Sasana, while assuring to all religions the rights granted by Articles 10 and 14(1)(e).”

 

[Godman]

by positioning Buddhism to give the “foremost place”, it stratifies Buddhism and relegates other religions to a lower position.

Sri Lanka Constitution

Article 9: “The Republic of Sri Lanka shall give to Buddhism the foremost place and accordingly it shall be the duty of the State to protect and foster the Buddha Sasana, while assuring to all religions the rights granted by Articles 10 and 14(1)(e).”

Sri Lanka's state religion being Buddhism has not affected laws. The Sri Lankan judiciary is secular was headed by a Hindu until a year ago. All religions are protected and religion is not forced upon anyone with the exception of Muslims who want to keep the Muslim Marriage and Divorce acts despite it allowing them to legally commit rape and child abuse(People that want to keep most likely keeps it due to those reasons in the first place)

 

[HeinzG]

lols and what will you call these buddists? terrorist or freedom fighter?

Well they are terrorists of course.

Your blaming the extremism of Buddhists and Sinhalese on others, a tiny minority no less

This is a excuse for your own crimes and fanaticisms

No one forces you to become an extremist and attack families in homes,

What's worse is law and order was so lax that they did not even intervene

We don't trust Muslims. That is the most simplest answer.

How am I a hypocrite I already said everyone has thev right to self defense, if being attacked by extremists especially if the law does nothing to protect them like in sri Lanka

What kind of law are you proposing to protect Muslim people? Are they enforced in Pakistan or any other country?

There you go blaming buddist extremism on others.
The sri Lankan Muslims are a poor unarmed minority, you have already falsely claimed that entire sri lankan government panders to this poor minority (a lie on your part to justify persecution)

This is the handy work of the unarmed minority. https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...sis-threat-sri-lanka/articleshow/50473318.cms

 

[Gibbs]

The sri Lankan Muslims are a poor unarmed minority

Sri Lankan Muslim community is far from poor, As a matter of fact they are a well to do community famous for being good business men, Especially the Moors.. It is also a reason for Sinhalese extremists to spread jealousy among it's followers

I dont think societies that run on Religious theocracies have little idea of how truly multi cultural/Multi ethnic countries work.. So best refrain from making generalizations based on your personal experiences

You can see a microcosm of whats happening in Sri Lanka and around the world in this thread as well.. One one side you get Non Lankan's trying to generalize a whole country just because of some Utopian Muslim Ummah they think they belong to, Fortunately vast majority of Lankan Muslims still hold their patriotism above any foreseen religious brotherhood

And they you see the gutter racism of a Sinhalese Buddhist extremist that try to condone this disgusting mob violence by some inbreds led by notorious political monks working at the behest of communal politicians in the island especially from the former regime by blaming Muslims

How the feck can the whole Lankan Muslim community be blamed over a death of a person owing to a case of road rage ??? Would these dickheads go on rampage if the four accused of battery were drunk Sinhalese rather than four drunk Muslims as it turned out to be ??

The current govt has yet again failed at their duty to it's citizens.. It's people are yet to see themselves as Sri Lankans not Muslim, Tamils and Sinhalese

Community leaders from both sides need to get together and sort this out before this turn out to be another 30 years of bloodshed, Sinhalese need to come out of their minority mindset of fear mongering and reign in Terrorist's pretending to be monks.. Muslims need to ask why they're trying to segregate themselves from the wider community with recent alien cultures from the deserts of Arabia, Away form the society that for thousands of years have accepted them with open arms and lived side by side.. And both sides need to kick out the fecking communal politicians fanning the flames from both sides for their political survival

Sri Lanka's state religion being Buddhism has not affected laws

Correction.. Sri Lanka does not have a state religion, The constitution merely states that Buddhism be protected by the state, Since it is the faith of the majority of the population.. Nowhere does it say other religions are subordinate and have the same rights as Buddhists

 

[manlion]

Sri Lanka's state religion being Buddhism has not affected laws. The Sri Lankan judiciary is secular was headed by a Hindu until a year ago. All religions are protected and religion is not forced upon anyone with the exception of Muslims who want to keep the Muslim Marriage and Divorce acts despite it allowing them to legally commit rape and child abuse(People that want to keep most likely keeps it due to those reasons in the first place)

Has the secular judiciary prevented Buddhist rampage on Muslim or stopped the construction of Buddhist temple in non Buddhist Tamil areas , brought any justice to missing Tamils etc ?

Buddhism dominates Sri Lanka's political, socio-cultural and military systems. The powerful Sinhala Buddhist clergy plays an active role in inciting ethnic and religious violence which gets politically capitalised. The police inaction to the mob attacks on Muslims illustrates the power Buddhists wield over Lankan government apparatus

Sinhala Buddhist Monks burning Norwegian flag

Military building Buddhist temples against local wishes in northern Sri Lanka
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/201...ddhist_temples_in_northern_sri_lanka_/1150315

 

[Godman]

Has the secular judiciary prevented Buddhist rampage on Muslim or stopped the construction of Buddhist temple in non Buddhist Tamil areas , brought any justice to missing Tamils etc ?

Buddhism dominates Sri Lanka's political, socio-cultural and military systems. The powerful Sinhala Buddhist clergy plays an active role in inciting ethnic and religious violence which gets politically capitalised. The police inaction to the mob attacks on Muslims illustrates the power Buddhists wield over Lankan government apparatus

Sinhala Buddhist Monks burning Norwegian flag

Military building Buddhist temples against local wishes in northern Sri Lanka
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/201...ddhist_temples_in_northern_sri_lanka_/1150315

http://www.jdslanka.org/index.php/n...ledges-further-buddhistisation-of-tamil-areas

What police inaction? The police were out there firing tear gas as soon as the riots started. The riots happened in the suburbs of Kandy where organizing and mobilizing a anti-riot force takes much more time than the main city or Colombo

Also there is no such a thing as "Non Buddhist Tamil" areas, that is hillarious and stupid. So do we now have lands with races and religions? Also the temple you show is a historic one, the Nagadeepa Raja Maha Viharaya is one of the most sacred Temples in Sri Lanka and a ancient one as well, unless your definition of "new" is based on centuries.

There is no restrictions on building Temples or Mosques or Churches in Sri Lanka. Mosques ,Hindu Kovils and Cristian churches are built almost everywhere even where their populations are quite low. You can see many Kovils and Mosques all around the Western and Southern Provinces

 

[Chhatrapati]

Sad state of affairs. Hope things will be back to normal.

 

[Nanga Tarzan]

What’s next? Of course the sale of JF-17 to Sri Lanka. All this Muslim killing is their internal matter after all.

 

[ProphetX]

Trouble in paradise eh.

Anybody try to figure out the reason for this yet.

I would say dumb poor people fed on religious bullshyt venting their failures

 

[Godman]

Sad state of affairs. Hope things will be back to normal.

Things are back to normal. The Governments do their best to keep riots contained so the riots were not really felt outside Kandy and were stopped before reaching to more suburbs of the city.
The situation was pretty calm in Colombo, there were a bunch of Muslim protesting against the riots and there were armed policemen just in case something happened but other than that everything was normal

 

[Imran Khan]

now our FB will be flooded with fake images from syria libya yemen iraq wars as srilanka Muslim massacre