By Hilmy Ahamed –
Hilmy Ahamed
The Butcher Of Rohinga Muslims Participates In A Buddhist Convection In Sri Lanka
The nail on the coffin was driven for co-existence and peace amongst the Muslims and Buddhist community in Sri Lanka, with the arrival of Ven. Ashin Wirathu, the leader of the dreaded 969 movement in Myanmar for the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS).
Ven. Ashin Wirathu is the architect of the hate and campaign of violence by Buddhist extremist against the innocent Rohinga Muslims. These Buddhist extremists, at the instigation of Ven. Ashin Wirathu have slaughtered thousands of innocent Muslim women, children and men.
Time Magazine, in June 2013 branded Ven. Ashin Wirathu as “the face of Buddhist Terror”, with a cover page story of atrocities perpetuated by this terrorist in robes. He is also known as the butcher of Burmese Muslims. Some have even likened his 959 movement, to a Myanmar form of neo Nazism group,.
Ven. Ashin Wirathu’s arrival in Sri Lanka was at the invitation of the Secretary General of the Bodu Bala Sena, Ven. Galagode Aththe Gnanasara Thero, who visited Myanmar in March 2014 and personally invited him to visit Sri Lanka.
The nexus between the BBS and 969 movement is seen by the Muslim community as the biggest threat to their peace.
Photo courtesy – Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Sri Lanka Facebook page
Speaking at the convention, Ven. Ashin Wirathu confirmed the support and partnership of the 969 Movement in Myanmar with the Bodu Bala Sena. He also thanked president Mahinda Rajapaksa for issuing him the visa to participate at the convention, despite the protests by Muslim organizations.
The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka and several other civil society, political and religious leadership vehemently opposed granting Ven. Ashin Wirathu an entry visa because of the violence and crime committed by him on the Rohinga Muslims. These protests fell on deaf ears of the government and he was officially granted permission to land in Sri Lanka.
The unexpected participant at the convention was Ven. Kirama Wimalajothi Thero, the leader of the BBS who had distanced himself from the BBS after Ven. Ganansara’s hate speech that ignited the riots in Aluthgama and Beruwela and killed seven, displaced thousands and caused damages to houses and property running in to many billions. He accused the All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulema (ACJU), the Muslim premier religious leadership, accused the All Ceylon Jamiathul Ulema (ACJU) the premier Muslim religious leadership as terrorist organisation. He did not elaborate or provide any evidence for his accusation.
The various speakers at the convention delivered fiery speeches demanding absolute dominance of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
CEO of the Bodu Bala Sena, Dilanthe Withanage demanded constitutional changes to include, changing the name of Sri Lanka to Sinhalaye, Ban the propagation of other religions, demanded that the National Flag must be changed in order to recognize the Sinhalese community only and not the minorities, Make Sinhala language the only official language and for Sri Lanka to have only one culture – the Sinhala culture among other chauvinistic diatribe.
Ven. Gnanasara claimed that the convention was organized to send a clear message to the politicians to follow them or perish. He further said that they would make sure that they would elected again only if they allow the Bodu Bala Sena principles of Buddhist supremacy.
He further went on to proudly claim that the BBS is no longer a Sri Lankan organisation. From today, it would be an international organisation. He wants to follow the footsteps of Anagarika Dharmapala to form a global Buddhist supremacy community. He further went on to incite the large gathering of Buddhist monks by misquoting a number of verses of the holy Quran. This is similar to the hate speech he made at Aluthgama in June 2014.
Ven. Gnanasara in his speech also threatened to “take care” of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka after the convention. The Muslim council spearheaded a campaign to deny entry visa to Ven. Ashin Wirathu.
Above all, it is indeed regrettable that the government granted permission for a racist convention in the name of Buddhism to take place when racial tensions are very high in Sri Lanka. Previous attempts by the four Mahanayake’s (the Chief prelates of the different Buddhist chapters) to call for a Buddhist convention was prevented by the Government.
In February 2010, chief prelates of all four chapters decided to hold a special Sangha Convention when Gen. Sarath Fonseka had been arrested. The monks wanted to request the government through the Convention to stop the prosecution of the war-winning army commander. It was claimed that pressure was brought in on the chief prelates to cancel the convention. The senior most monks caved in.
Thiru / September 29, 2014
So international Buddhist terrorism is alive and kicking with Wiratu and Ganansara at the helm. They may soon rope in Thailand and Indian bkikkus into their terrorist fold.
Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist leaders, ever opportunistic to come to power or stay in power, will take up the war cry of the rabid bkikus and hijack the governance further from already damaged democracy. Western world has a duty to stop this vicious morphing of democracy in its tracks, sooner the better.
The stage is set for anti-Muslim hysteria in the region: Anything can happen, but it difficult for me to predict; but let’s see how this unfolds in Sri Lanka. I pray for the Muslims of Sri Lanka.
The international community lead by the US must take this matter seriously and nip it in the bud and lock up the international Buddhist terrorist leaders in Guantanamo prison.
Otherwise, I am afraid for Muslims in the region: Only Allah can help.
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Thiru / September 29, 2014
Colombo Page reports:
” Announcing the conference on local television, Gnanasara called the day of the summit a “decisive day” for Sri Lanka.
“September 28 is a decisive day for this country when the future of Sri Lanka will be decided,” said the BBS monk who has been arrested for delivering hate speeches and inciting violence against Muslims.
“As the Sinhalese majority, as the rightful owners of this country, we too will demand for our pound of flesh on September 28,” he said.
We too will demand our pound of flesh says Gnansara: Is he talking about Muslims’, Tamils’ and Christians’ flesh?
In a country with rule of law he would have been taken from the hall and locked up to keep public peace.
In Sri Lanka of course, under Appe Aanduwa since 1948 anything goes in the name of governance – pogroms, anti-minority riots, white vans and all.
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S.Modaya / September 30, 2014
Thanks for this report, Hilmy!
We can now all stop speaking in English and go back to SINHALA ONLY.
NO CASINOS by the way.. it is anti-Buddhist…
But Hilmy, what is your dear leader Rauf Hakim the so-called Minister of INJustice doing holding Rajapaksa’s hand?
Time for you to have a chat with shameless Rauf and ask him to kindly hand in his resignation to Mahinda Jarapassa before it is too late to save the Muslims and the SInhala Modayas from themselves!
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Dude / September 30, 2014
On Sunday evening Ashin Wirathu broke the Vinnaya and was dining at the Kaema Sutra restaurant at Colombo’s up market Independence Arcade @ 7 pm.
Independence Arcade is essentially a colonial mental asylum morphed into military cantonment, decorated with a Lion Sculpture to celebrate the Sinhala Buddhist race. The merging of Sinhala Buddhist nationalism, capitalist consumption and militarism to protect the promoters of the BLINGS-BURY lifestyle is evident in this place..
The other feature of Gota’s Independence Arcade is the concrete fish tanks that cater to Gota the Goon’s shark and goldfish fetish! ALso there are not big treas because the paranoid military dictator fear ghosts and yakkas of the dead may be hiding in the big shade trees which have all been cut down.
Voila the kitch-bling aesthetics and environmental disaster of the military dictator of Sri Lanka!
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saman / September 29, 2014
Otherwise, I am afraid for Muslims in the region: Only Allah can help.
Forget Allah Who is busy destroying ISIL in the Middle East.
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Amarasiri / September 29, 2014
Dear Hilmy Ahamed –
RE: Butchers Of The Muslims Get Together
“The Butcher Of Rohinga Muslims Participates In A Buddhist Convection In Sri Lanka”
There are Good Buddhists
Bad Buddhists and
Ugly “Buddhists”, who Follow Mara, and supported by MaRa, just like ISIS, Iblees State of Iraq and Syria, Devil, Satan state. No Difference.
A good fraction of Sinhala “Buddhists” are Ugly “Buddhists”, that has nothing to do with Buddhism as taught by Buddha.
It has everything to do with Monk Hegemony.
Want to know more? Listen>? Still Ignorant!
Child Abuse by a Monk in Habaraduwa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSC93mPs4I
Buddhism The Great Evil — Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOfTGSADdY
Buddhism The Great Evil — Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcs2PSze0I
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ponsiri / September 30, 2014
Dear mohamad amarasiri,
First please look down and check whether you have balls as you use a sinhala name to promote islamic fundamentalism. Perhaps you can do this with Himly Ahmed as a good gay couple. Then google “Muslims are Ass******” and see how many search results you get. Enjoy.
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Amarasiri / September 30, 2014
ponsiri
It Really hurts for the Ugly Sinhala “Buddhists” and Ugly “Muslims” to be pointed out as to how ugly they are and how they are misleading the true Buddhists and True Muslims.
Follow Buddha Dhamma, not Mara Dhamma.
Read the Tipitaka, read Ven Walpola Rahuna, Ven Narada Thero and know your Buddhism, not Sinhala “Buddhist” Racism and Chauvinism.
Remember, except Native Vedddah Aethho, everybody, including Para-Sinhala are Paras, most came from South India, Check your Para-DNA.
The Vedda Tribe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f89NuukY32U
Facts really hurt.
Yes, the Church went berserk with Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton and so on…
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Amarasiri / September 30, 2014
ponsiri
Amarasiri is Agnostic, and not affected by the Myths, whatever it’s flavor.
You need to find those who believe in their myths, Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, Limbo, Rebirth, Nirvana, Karmic energy, Anatta(No soul) , Soul etc.
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Upali Wijewardene / October 2, 2014
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ela kolla / September 29, 2014
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Amarasiri / September 30, 2014
A Sinhala Kavi, a poem.
“Ella-kolla game sita
Giya Habaraduwa Pansalata
Magama Hemasiri Hamuduro Vaddina,
Passa Patta Dannata,”
Translation:
Ella-kolla went to the Village,
Went to the Habaraduwa Temple
Magamna Hemasiri Theto to meet
Give back side offering.
Child Abuse by a Monk in Habaraduwa . Poor ella-kolla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSC93mPs4I
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ela kolla / October 1, 2014
amASSiri the altar boy, your past memories are described here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases_by_country
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/world/2014/07/140713_pope_paedophiles.shtml
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Amarasiri / October 1, 2014
kollo,
So there is Stiff competition for Children by the, Monks, Priests and Mullahs.
Monks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSC93mPs4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOfTGSADdY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcs2PSze0I
and Priests.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases_by_country
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/world/2014/07/140713_pope_paedophiles.shtm
and Mullahs,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/muslim-clerics-resist-pakistans-efforts-to-end-child-marriage/2014/05/16/c48f9c04-dd25-11e3-a837-8835df6c12c4_story.html
“Marrying off girls as young as 10 is still a widespread practice in Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere in Asia and Africa, despite the prohibition of child marriage in some existing national and provincial laws. “
Poor children, poor girls, poor boys, poor ella-kolla.
Is Religion the opium of the ,masses, or just an excuse by the monks and priests to abuse them?
Was Prince Rahula abused when he wanted his throne?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%81hula
Rāhula was raised by his mother and grandfather, King Suddhodana. When he was seven years old, Rahula requested his father, missing him dearly; the Buddha returned to his home city of Kapilavatthu. On the seventh day of his return, Yasodharā took Rāhula to see his father, the Buddha. She told Rāhula that since his father had renounced the palace life and as he was the next royal prince in line, he should ask his father for his inheritance of crown and treasure for his future sake when his grandfather would no longer rule the kingdom.
After the meal, Rāhula followed the Buddha, saying “Give me my inheritance.” Nobody tried to stop him, nor did the Buddha prevent him from following him. He then looked at his father and said, “Lord, even your shadow is pleasing to me.”
Reaching the Park of Nigrodha, where the Buddha was staying, the Buddha thought to himself: “He desires his father’s inheritance, but it is wrought with troubles. I shall give him the benefit of my spiritual Enlightenment and make him an owner of a transcendental inheritance.”
The Buddha called Venerable Sariputta and asked him to ordain little Rāhula who became the first Sāmanera (novice monk).
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ela kolla / October 2, 2014
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ela kolla / October 1, 2014
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Safa / September 29, 2014
The marraige of Gandasara and Wirathu does not bode well for the people of Asia. They may now give birth to a monster which will draw the entire region into a terrorist war resulting in the death of innocent people.
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Thiru / September 29, 2014
Safa,
Let me ask you some simple questions:
Aren’t the teachings of the Buddha so profound, timeless and enlightening?
At least I think so after voluntarily reading books on his philosophy and thoughts.
OK, Buddha’s teachings are great we all agree, then what is the need to protect Buddhism? Can’t it stand on its own feet without these ignorant rabid bkikkus’ pretended support?
These bkikkus are not intelligent enough to understand what the teachings of the Buddha are! By merely reciting some slogans they don’t become disciples of the Buddha.
Why are there no significant numbers of bhikkunis among their midst?
Because they are misogynists just like they are racists! Did Buddha tell these idiots to keep women at home and not in the temple? Same with Hindus, Christians, Muslims – they are all misogynists.
Though I appreciate the Buddha’s teachings I am an agnostic because the nature endowed us with the power to think and not believe some thing said by somebody great millenniums ago. If we believed everything our great ancestors said we will stay backward without progress in science and technology.
Look at the Western world, where churches are empty most of the time and more more people are becoming free thinkers, and their countries are stating on top of the world while we are fighting like village idiots to kill each other for our religions. Do we realize our folly? Never!
In my opinion the invention of religions by humans is the biggest self-inflicted curse on this stupid species. Look at animals – they have no stupid religion to fight about – they live their lives as nature intended.
Who or which is intelligent – humans or animals? When will the Third world idiots understand?
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Safa / September 29, 2014
@Thiru
My personal opinion is that Buddhism is a religon revealed to the people of those times like Islam, Christianity etc. It inculcates very good practices and thinking. Like any religon we must differntiate between the true teachings and other customs, rituals, emotions etc which tend to cloud the true teachings.
Today there are many conflicts by people who claim to follow religons or dont follow religons. Religons like Islam are being misinterpreted and people are resorting to violence to solve their problems. Not the religous way. Many of these people dont actually know what Islam is about. It is indeed a problem.
People are also suffereing due to other causes like injustice, poverty, disease etc. At least if they were religous they would lead a contented life and not take to arms. If other people were religous they would help these people instead of ignoring or harming them.
In the absence of religon we have a rat race. Every one thinking about himself and competeing with the other for wealth. We have to choose between religous values and materialistic values.
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Amarasiri / October 1, 2014
Thiru,
“These bkikkus are not intelligent enough to understand what the teachings of the Buddha are! By merely reciting some slogans they don’t become disciples of the Buddha. ‘
This phenomenon of Monks is not restricted to Monks. The christian priests, the Muslim Ulema and Mullah, Hindu priests, Jewish Priests etc practice their hegemony.
The politicians as well practice to maintain power.
They dispense indulgences, Nirvana, Rebirth, Heaven, Hell, Purgatory and Limbo for various considerations.
Caveat Emptor, Buyer Beware.
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Ansar / September 29, 2014
Prabakaran decided to evict all Muslims from Jaffna and we all know what fate befell him. Unfortunately, lot of civilians got caught in the mayhem which is very regrettable.
Now BOORU BALU SENA headed by PONNASARA has decided to take on Muslims, let’s see how it plays out.
Thanks Thiru for your concern, as you rightly said, we look forward to protection first from ALLAH and of course will make preparations as well.
Sure, we will emerge victorious with the help of ALLAH,not because of anything, but purely on total injustice meted out by these murderers on a helpless society with their total might with the government backing. By nature justice is bound to prevail over injustice.
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Lanka Liar / September 29, 2014
You mean Muslims should get ready for the second eviction. You are playing different card now brother. This is not Prabaharan This is someone who got rid of Prapaharan
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Upali Wijewardene / October 2, 2014
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Amarasiri / October 2, 2014
Ansar
“Thanks Thiru for your concern, as you rightly said, we look forward to protection first from ALLAH and of course will make preparations as well.”
Man is for himself and God, Allah is for All.
Even Prophet Mohamed Knew that.
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Sylvia Haik / September 29, 2014
There’s something distasteful when you have a government that deports tourists for sporting Buddha tattoos, denies visa for musician for having women dancing before a Buddha image and refuses visas to UN investigators but welcomes this accredited terrorist. This gives credence to the allegations that Bodu Bala Sena is a government sponsored (at least Rajapakse supported) outfit, that has invited Ven. Ashin Wirathu for their meeting. It is sad that when we have just woken up from a 30 year crisis, we seem to be building up to another one far more serious as we would not only antagonise our friends in the Muslim world but also give an excuse for the West to intervene.
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Thiru / September 29, 2014
World powers lead by the US, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lankan Muslims helped Sinhala extremist government defeat the Tigers’ fight of self determination.
Thereby they have created another Burma with the international Buddhist terrorism taking root in Sri Lanka and reinforced by the notorious Buddhist terrorist Wirutu.
Even now the Muslims are helping the anti-Muslim Sri Lankan regime in the East to dig their own graves.
This is what happens when people and nations go against noble principles of self determination etc. for selfish reasons.
US created Saddam Husein and bin Laden for their selfish reasons to find that they have created monsters for them to slay.
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Gerrycan / September 29, 2014
Look at your own country first. You have gone a little too far to refer to him as a Butcher. What do think ISIS is doing in the Syria, Irag and Boko Haram in Nigeria & Cameroon and Al Shabab in Somalia, and Kenya. They are mercilessly killing people including Muslims who do not conform to their ideolgy of Islam. So these people are worse because they are beheading foreigners who go to help too. So you never condemn them but call Wiranthu a butcher. Certainly I don’t agree with his stance as he is a bad as the BBS and it absolutely despicable for Sri Lanka to grant him a Visa.
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Chinthaka / September 30, 2014
Gerrycan,
We jhave lost sight of the most important difference between ISIS and BBS. The governments in Iraq and Syria are fighting ISIS. Whereas the Sri Lankan Govt is supporting BBS openly giving visas to butchers and funding Sangha Council etc..,
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MirakRajBanda / September 29, 2014
Look at the photo- Hitler escorted by Mussolini followed by Hermann Göring!
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Safa / September 29, 2014
I think the photo must be analysed by a phsycho-analyst. See how lovingly Gandasara is holding Wirathus hand and his other hand is behind pushing him forward. The effeminate Wirathu is being drawn forward by the overbearing male Gandasara. This should provide some clues to the personalities of Gandasara and Wirathu.
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Spring Koha / September 29, 2014
This is just what our thrice-blessed nation did not need; a gathering of virulent, hate-mongering tic turds masquerading as proponents of the noble truths.
The GoSL issued a visa to the little shit Wirathu on the basis that to refuse would be to unleash ‘unknown terrors’. They took the alternative course of action – issue a visa and go into damage limitation. The BBS sees this as a sign of weakness and will continue to make ever escalating outrageous demands on the GoSL with a view to being puppet masters in the ensuing chaos.
ALL good people who hold sacred the peace of this land should stand as one against the continuing growth of this scabby organisation. First in line should be the Maha Sangha to whom we look to for good guidance and dignity.
The odious shits of the BBS, and those who support them, are unspeakably vile and thrive on disharmony, chaos, misery and discontent. They DO NOT ACT IN OUR NAME and must be stopped NOW!
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I am no muslim / September 29, 2014
Cousins of the acknowledged terrorists of today, the ISIS or ISIL have been multiplying in Sri Lanka by the name Wahhabis and Salafi. There weren’t Wahabbis or Salafis in Sri Lanka before 1973. BBS killed no Muslim todate but Wahhabis did. BBS did not exhume dead bodies of Sufi Muslim saints but Wahhabis did. In fact Wahhabis had vandalized many a sufi Muslim mosque all over Sri Lanka.
Today Wahhabi billas covered from tip to toe in black and bearded men in long barges have become a common sight everywhere in Sri Lanka. They remind terrorists. Wahhabis are busy producing babies like in a production line. Consequently, 7% Muslim population in Sri Lanka have passed 10% in just a decade.
This has happened in Rahine state of Myanmar too. Ven Wirathu warned about the Muslim population explosion. The Guardian reported as Wirathu said that “they will capture our country in the end.” That must be worse the act by Wirathu’s for anti Buddhists to name him as terrorist.
Indeed Myanmar Government commission found the population growth of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state is 10 times higher than that of the Buddhists. Hence, authorities in Western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families to ease tensions with the Rohingya’s Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said.
Venerable Ashin Wirathu is in Sri Lanka to participate in the BBS conference. In my opinion, Wirathu has brought a friendly but a silent message to Sri Lanka Muslims: ‘Keep out of the global Muslim terrorism and limit your baby production to be in line with peace loving people.’
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Amarasiri / September 29, 2014
I am no muslim
“the ISIS or ISIL have been multiplying in Sri Lanka by the name Wahhabis and Salafi. There weren’t Wahabbis or Salafis in Sri Lanka before 1973”
Correct. The Muslim who were there were Sufis and non-Wahhabi.
The Wahhabi and their clones claim to be “Muslims”. They are not. They follow the devil, Satan, Iblis, Iblees. The Satan does not like Muslims praying to Allah. So They want them eliminated. or they want the Muslims to Follow the Devil Following Wahhabi.
The are really after the Sufis, Shias. and other traditional Muslims.
The Wahhabis and their clones, ISIS, ISIL, Taliban etc are modern incarnations of the Devil, Satan. So, the Muslims need to be beware of the Devil., Satan, Iblees and Lucifer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_Verses
There are numerous accounts reporting the incident, which differ in the construction and detail of the narrative, but they may be broadly collated to produce a basic account.[2] The different versions of the story are all traceable to one single narrator Muhammad ibn Ka’b, who was two generations removed from biographer Ibn Ishaq. In its essential form, the story reports that Muhammad longed to convert his kinsmen and neighbors of Mecca to Islam. As he was reciting Sūra an-Najm,[3] considered a revelation by the angel Gabriel, Satan tempted him to utter the following lines after verses 19 and 20:
Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-‘Uzzá
and Manāt, the third, the other?
These are the exalted gharāniq, whose intercession is hoped for.
Allāt, al-‘Uzzā and Manāt were three goddesses worshipped by the Meccans. Discerning the meaning of “gharāniq” is difficult, as it is a hapax legomenon (i.e. only used once in the text). Commentators wrote that it meant the cranes. The Arabic word does generally mean a “crane” – appearing in the singular as ghirnīq, ghurnūq, ghirnawq and ghurnayq, and the word has cousin forms in other words for birds, including “raven, crow” and “eagle”.[4]
The subtext to the event is that Muhammad was backing away from his otherwise uncompromising monotheism by saying that these goddesses were real and their intercession effective. The Meccans were overjoyed to hear this and joined Muhammad in ritual prostration at the end of the sūrah. The Meccan refugees who had fled to Abyssinia heard of the end of persecution and started to return home. Islamic tradition holds that Gabriel chastised Muhammad for adulterating the revelation, at which point [Quran 22:52] is revealed to comfort him,
Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He recited (the message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that which he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth that which Satan proposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise.
Muhammad took back his words and the persecution of the Meccans resumed. Verses [Quran 53:21] were given, in which the goddesses are belittled. The passage in question, from 53:19, reads:
Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-‘Uzza
And Manat, the third, the other?
Are yours the males and His the females?
That indeed were an unfair division!
They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them.
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Amarasiri / September 29, 2014
I am no muslim
“the ISIS or ISIL have been multiplying in Sri Lanka by the name Wahhabis and Salafi. There weren’t Wahabbis or Salafis in Sri Lanka before 1973”
Correct. The Muslim who were there were Sufis and non-Wahhabi.
The Wahhabi and their clones claim to be “Muslims”. They are not. They follow the Devil, Satan, Iblis, Iblees. The Satan does not like Muslims praying to Allah. So They want them eliminated, or they want the Muslims to Follow the Devil Following Wahhabi.
The are really after the Sufis, Shias and other traditional Muslims.
The Wahhabis and their clones, ISIS, ISIL, Taliban etc are modern incarnations of the Devil, Satan. So, the Muslims need to be beware of the Devil., Satan, Iblees and Lucifer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_Verses
There are numerous accounts reporting the incident, which differ in the construction and detail of the narrative, but they may be broadly collated to produce a basic account.[2] The different versions of the story are all traceable to one single narrator Muhammad ibn Ka’b, who was two generations removed from biographer Ibn Ishaq. In its essential form, the story reports that Muhammad longed to convert his kinsmen and neighbors of Mecca to Islam. As he was reciting Sūra an-Najm,[3] considered a revelation by the angel Gabriel, Satan tempted him to utter the following lines after verses 19 and 20:
Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-‘Uzzá
and Manāt, the third, the other?
These are the exalted gharāniq, whose intercession is hoped for.
Allāt, al-‘Uzzā and Manāt were three goddesses worshipped by the Meccans. Discerning the meaning of “gharāniq” is difficult, as it is a hapax legomenon (i.e. only used once in the text). Commentators wrote that it meant the cranes. The Arabic word does generally mean a “crane” – appearing in the singular as ghirnīq, ghurnūq, ghirnawq and ghurnayq, and the word has cousin forms in other words for birds, including “raven, crow” and “eagle”.[4]
The subtext to the event is that Muhammad was backing away from his otherwise uncompromising monotheism by saying that these goddesses were real and their intercession effective. The Meccans were overjoyed to hear this and joined Muhammad in ritual prostration at the end of the sūrah. The Meccan refugees who had fled to Abyssinia heard of the end of persecution and started to return home. Islamic tradition holds that Gabriel chastised Muhammad for adulterating the revelation, at which point [Quran 22:52] is revealed to comfort him,
Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He recited (the message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that which he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth that which Satan proposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise.
Muhammad took back his words and the persecution of the Meccans resumed. Verses [Quran 53:21] were given, in which the goddesses are belittled. The passage in question, from 53:19, reads:
Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-‘Uzza
And Manat, the third, the other?
Are yours the males and His the females?
That indeed were an unfair division!
They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them.
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Upali Wijewardene / October 2, 2014
Yes, you are MUSLIM,
Gnanasara was responsible for the deaths in Aluthgama and Beruwela. How can you claim that BBS has not killed. Please also remember, we lost over 150,000 SRI LANKANS in the war in the North and East. With this new crusade by BBS, we may lose hundreds of thousands if Sri Lanka becomes a battle ground for Islamic terror. Do not forget, the Tamils had only SOUTH INDIA to back them. The Thambi;s have Iran, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Afganistan and the entire middle east fundamentalist/extremists/terrorists to support them. So, please let us live in peace.
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Fathima Fukushima / September 29, 2014
How about USA, UK, Russia, Israel and India?
They are the biggest butchers of Muslims.
Please spare a thought for millions of Muslims being killed in the middle east now by various groups.
If we think clearly, BBS and 969 have not killed even 1% of that.
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Tamil from the north / September 30, 2014
Fat-shit-ma Fuck-u-Shima has become a statistician after her stay in Saudi Arabia as a backroom keep for her master. She is talking in percentages now.
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Tamodaya / September 30, 2014
Isaipiriya, after a long time.
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Menik / September 29, 2014
“The various speakers at the convention delivered fiery speeches demanding absolute dominance of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
CEO of the Bodu Bala Sena, Dilanthe Withanage demanded constitutional changes to include, changing the name of Sri Lanka to Sinhalaye, Ban the propagation of other religions, demanded that the National Flag must be changed in order to recognize the Sinhalese community only and not the minorities, Make Sinhala language the only official language and for Sri Lanka to have only one culture – the Sinhala culture among other chauvinistic diatribe.”
That extremist agenda alone should make every Sri Lankan disgusted. Our country can only flourish and progress with racial unity, and all ethnic groups accepted and working towards the same goal for the country.
We have gone through a violent war for decades, and lost many lives, and still it seems the Rajapaksa’s, with their devious agenda, pays no attention to what the consequences of a fractured nation might be.
The nations that progress in the world are ones with unity, no violence against minorities, and who realize that all citizens must be treated decently. Rajapaksa & family unlimited do not have the interests of the country, only what goes into their pockets.
Inviting a pariah monk from Burma, is the worst mistake they could make.
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Naresh / September 29, 2014
You are conveniently ignoring Muslim aggressive behavior in S.Thailand and Burma that led to this backlash. From WW-II onwards in Bangladesh and Burma Islamic extremists butchered thousands of Buddhists. In Bangladesh they basically chased out Chakma Buddhists. The population of Rohingyas are in fact Bengali Muslim settlers who aggressively captured parts of Burma. So please do not be one-sided. Oh by the way how Is Allah and “the peaceful religion” doing beheading children, women and innocent men who are Yazidis, Christians and Shias by the tens of thousands. Will you speak out against Islamic Butchers doing their butchery with gusto in Iraq and Syria and want to wage war in Europe?
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Naresh / September 29, 2014
ISIS is butchering people in the name of the “peaceful religion” and none of these muslim leaders, intellectuals have come out on CT to unequivocally condemn them; instead they keep blaming the US. Incidentally it was the US who saved Bosnian muslims.. ISIS, ISIL, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram are all Savage Wahabi Salafist Sunni muslims who think everyone else needs to be butchered. Over to you Muslim fanatics.
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Amarasiri / September 30, 2014
Naresh
“ISIS is butchering people in the name of the “peaceful religion” and none of these muslim leaders, intellectuals have come out on CT to unequivocally condemn them;”
“ISIS, ISIL, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram are all Savage Wahabi Salafist Sunni muslims who think everyone else needs to be butchered.”
ISIS Or ISIS stands for Iblees or Iblis..not Islamic. Wahhabi is actually Iblees-Wahhabi.
Because they may be on the payroll of the Wahhabis .especially Saudi Wahhabi who Funded ISIS along with USA..
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mechanic / September 29, 2014
Let’s take a reality check of Buddhist terror vs Islamic terror in the month of August 2014.
Monthly Buddhist Attacks:
BBS: Nil
969: Nil
Monthly Muslim Attacks: (courtesy thereligionofpeace.com)
Jihad Report August, 2014
Jihad Attacks:227
Countries:27
Allah Akbars:24
Dead Bodies:4573
Critically Injured:2287
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Jim softy / September 29, 2014
Just like Sri lankan – Tamils who were brought by Dutch and British there were not Rohingyas in burma until British brought South Indian Coolies to that country. Then it is Rohingiyas who began attacking buddhist women and buddhist temples.
It is muslims who are very keen in expanding.
Some one has to look into that.
Don’t accuse others. It is muslims who are infamous all over the world for butchering and terrorism.
So, if you guys want you can go that way too.
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Upali Wijewardene / October 2, 2014
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Jim softy / September 29, 2014
Hilmi Ahmed:
You had the backbone to accuse buddhists as terrorists and you muslims forgot how barberic you muslims are when your religion got mingled weith the wrong culture.
Read the following report.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/16/the_islamic_state_of_sexual_violence_women_rape_iraq_syria
You have forgotten that even in Sinhale it is muslims haress muslims far more than the buddhidts.
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K.A Sumanasekera / September 30, 2014
Thousands of ISIL members and their families getting blasted by the Saudi. American Australian and British F18s have missed Mr Hilmy Ahmed’s attention.
Wonder where he is from ?…
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Jay Chambers / September 30, 2014
The Moslems butchers who are followers of ISIS, Al Qaeda, etc. are screaming because two monks who who have the ability to lead their people by the power of the spoken word and logic, debate are effectively in doing it!!
Their “prophet” was by his own admission married underage girls (as young as 9), killed many, many people including Jews, was a rapist and child molester, sex crazed, and blood thirsty like a vampire. And they are devout followers of this man and kill unbelievers and behead them. But two monks who use their logic and power of the spoken word – oh, yes, they are butchers!!!
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Dr Romesh Senewiratne-Alagaratnam / September 30, 2014
Most of the Muslims being butchered in the world today are being butchered by other Muslims. Those who are being killed by other means – being blown up and shot etc are again being attacked by other Muslims and by Christian American armies and their Christian Allies. The number of Muslims being killed by Buddhists is small indeed.
Ven Wirathu and the BBS may have increased paranoia and incited hatred towards Muslims, but they haven’t “butchered” or killed anyone. This is not to say their ignorance should be unopposed. The best way of deradicalising Ven. Wirathu, in my opinion, is for him to have discussions with people who know more about the positives of Islamic civilization and culture than he does. When he knows more about peaceful Muslims he will fear them less.
The BBS can be a conduit to the broadening of Wirathu’s perspective and they themselves will benefit from a broadening of their own. With their ambitions to be a body that crosses national boundaries, unifying Buddhist nations, the BBS will be exposed to a broader world view, in which they will be forced to recognize the valuable contributions of Islamic civilizations to science, medicine, philosophy, architecture and the arts. The BBS is a young organization – it may become more reasonable with time. Anyone from the BBS advocating violence and perpetrating violence should be punished by law, like anyone else.
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muslimpon / September 30, 2014
I’m not sure why this terrorist author or this [Edited out] news forum do not or do not want to talk about muslim butchers destroying Buddhist and Hindu culture in east and trying to create an arab in Sri Lanka. This opportunistic group never post a single article against ISIS. Non of the muslim organizations in Sri Lanka wrote a single article or never protested against ultra cruelty of ISIS. This shows nothing but Muslims are born terrorists. Also it is reported that organized Islamic mafia together with their halal hotels in Sri Lanka poison Sinhalese customers which affects reproducibility. Since this gov does nothing to protect Buddhists from this islamic butchery people should impose a self ban from eating at halal hotels.
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Tamodaya / September 30, 2014
Soon Muslims and Tamils will kill each other in SL!
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punchinilame / September 30, 2014
The Visa granted to one who was given a title of “Buddhist Terrorist” by
the renowned TIME Magazine is to test the ground in SL and its political
directions.
This man We-rat-who will adorn PE platforms as a honoured guest to attract
moda S.B. Voters now on along with BBS.
The final conclusion will be that SL Voters, by past experience know,
that Politics and Religion do not mix. MR is bound to loose votes from
SB abstentions this time.
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Azmi / September 30, 2014
He is the main hatrated and problem creator against Muslims in Burma specially for Rohingya community, he is the leader of 969 terrorist group in Burma and back supporter is the barbaric Burmese terrorist military regime.He wants to do the same thing in Sri Lanka too.You can visit the real news by http://www.burmatimes.net
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Hameed Abdul Karim / October 1, 2014
Let’s test the BBS’ and Rajapaksa government’s true Buddhist credentials. Invite the genuine Buddhist monk the Dalai Lama hero to many, including me.
Nah….the Chinese will not like that!
Hameed
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