Indian army soldiers have been deployed in Muzaffarnagar in northern Uttar Pradesh state after 28 people were killed in religious clashes, several villages are under curfew after violence between Hindus and Muslims, the BBC reported.
According to the BBC, the clashes were sparked by the killing of three men after they protested against the alleged harassment of a local woman. Later the circulation of a fake video showing two men being lynched led to more violence, which spread to neighbouring villages in the district.
K.A Sumanasekera / September 9, 2013
If 28 Muslims or Tamils were killed in Srilanka,our poor inhabitants would have already had a cruise missile attack, and the UN troops would be arriving in a couple of days.
Say no more about the do gooder brigades who are hellbent on removing the Terrorism Protection regualtions.and sending Army back to the barracks.
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aratai / September 10, 2013
28 out of 1,000,000,000
:-)
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sach / September 10, 2013
so u mean that is a lesser life….yep i understand now why victims of LTTE murderers are lesser human to you people.
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Siva Sankaran Sarma / September 10, 2013
Behold one of our born again human rights activists :)
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aratai / September 11, 2013
In Iraq, Afganistan, Pakistan and Syria, Muslims kill Muslims in hundreds…..
:-)
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
In SL Tamils kill Tamils in tens of thousands! :)
e.g. TMVP verses LTTE
e.g. EPDP verses LTTE
e.g. IPKF verses LTTE
Why did the fun stop?
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Appu / September 11, 2013
you wrong. the riots took place only within the city limit of Muzaffarnagar, a city in Uttar Pradesh. And it didn’t spread at least to the whole Muzaffarnagar district. The total population of the city is only 494,792. Therefore it must be 28 out of 494,792 instead of 28 out of 1,000,000,000. the population of the whole district is 3.5 million and it is evident that the riots didn’t spread into the rest of the district since the curfew was imposed only in the city. the death toll is big. this is the difference between sri lanka and india. although the world media love to label sri lankans are barbarians, the reality is that our riots are usually brawls rather than real riots, when they are compared with those of india.
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Jim softy / September 9, 2013
Muslims have built a mosque even near the Area of Buddha was born. Muslims or Christians simply don’t have respects for other religions.They think only they should run the world.
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Marwan / September 9, 2013
You have a childish mentality. You don’t believe that Mosques, Temples, Church and Kovil are all places of religious worship. Not houses of terror, brothel, gambling or liquor bars. It is a place where people go to benefit spiritually, and to be in peace and tranquility with oneself, peace of mind and for religious worship. What you have is a paranoia and pure jealousy that you cannot bear to see other communities prosper, stay united and socialize within a vibrant community. You are panic stricken, always feeling threatened your race will get wiped out, even whilst enjoying more than 70 percent majority advantage, a real phobia to contend with. Your people are so poor that they can be bought like commodities, by offer of rice packet, a tipple or a 500 buck note, and then even the CJ of the country is unsafe. Highest income earners for the country, hard earned income of our women in the slave trade in ME countries, taxes earned on sale of millions of litres of liquor and from tobacco industries. The shameless crimes committed by those in authority like Public figures is another sad state of affairs altogether. The abuse of public funds like EPF, I mean the list is endless. I can go on and on about the many faults, abuses and issues, but I doubt we will ever learn our lessons from these mistake, to bring change, real change, everlasting changes for the betterment of our country, when we have half baked cronies like you and your predecessor.
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sach / September 10, 2013
“Mosques, Temples, Church and Kovil are all places of religious worship. Not houses of terror, brothel, gambling or liquor bars. It is a place where people go to benefit spiritually, and to be in peace and tranquility with oneself, peace of mind and for religious worship.”
Though I am in agreement to what you say above, can you please tell me, why non muslims are not permitted to come and see inside of a mosque. All the other religious places offer that to the people. So there is a contradiction in what you say. dont you think
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Affibb / September 11, 2013
Please visit any mosque you like, there’s no restriction. :)
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whywhy / September 11, 2013
sach
First thing is,unlike Kovils,Buddhist Temples and
Churches,there’s nothing of artistic value inside
Mosques except architectural beauty in a very few
ancient mosques.But if you still want to go inside
a mosque,just follow some simple procedures and in
most mosques today,you will be allowed in.
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
Even Muslim women are prevented from visiting at times! :)
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Marwan / September 10, 2013
Wht did city Councillors approve it to be built in the first place?
Muslims have built a Mosque close to 9/11 Ground Zero, where the new twin towers WTC now stands.
Ireland proposes to build largest Mega Mosque in Europe, that will cater to Ireland’s burgeoning Muslim population.
Council gives go ahead for Mosque to be built next to a church in Melbourne’s north. The planned mosque will sit next to St Mary’s Ancient Church of the East and be twice its size.
Makes you feel any better?
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sach / September 10, 2013
Just wanna know why muslims always (almost) build mosques next to religous places of other faiths. Isnt that inviting animosity?
I dont think the catholics in ireland or in Aus take that with a good heart!
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whywhy / September 11, 2013
sach
No other religious community in the world take
religion so serious as Muslims.Muslims are the
only ones who spend one fourth of their life in
mosques and prayers.Can you say any other devotee
goes to his place of worship five times a day?I’ll
not try to tell you that all those who go to
mosques like this are of divine characters but it
is part of their life.More than 98%of Mosques are
built in the middle of where they are living
regardless of other places of worship.First question
should be,whether it is unlawful.Well the next one
should be,if we are all living and want to live
side by side,shouldn’t we have our places of worship
side by side only under certain difficult or
unavoidable circumstances?Why shouldn’t we learn to
tolerate this,after all religious places?
Definitely Muslims won’t build mosques to antagonize
other religions or compete with others.I’m not in
cahoot with all what Muslims do in the name of
religion,but for your question I hope this will give
you a reasonable input.
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Marwan / September 11, 2013
It is not always the case, but city planners have their final say. May be they want all religious sites located within certain perimeters. But yes, you are right. No one for that matter would like if a new place of religious worship comes up right next to an already existing site of a different conviction. But that’s just the way it goes. It happens all the time and in reverse order too. There are such places even in Sri Lanka. Look at Kataragama, and in Colombo city too, Masjid next to a kovil at Mayura place. All in peaceful co-existence. Places for religious worship usually are not considered bad or evil. But that would be for bars that serve liquor, red light cities and Casinos next to places of religious worship. So long as the all the types of adherents respect each other, and not be a nuisance to one another, it is fine. But in the international arena, Muslims have been identified with wickedness or as bad influence, by the media, for all the wrong reasons. That is why the impulse to oppose or reject them at first choice. Reject them and their Masjids coming up anywhere in their own neighborhood. But ask a convert to Islam for their true experience, and then they get convinced that Muslims are not bad after all, and that they are generally peaceful.
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D.Panabokke / September 9, 2013
What a shame on all human beings! What a shame on all religions!!
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Native Vedda / September 9, 2013
K.A Sumanasekera
Your Northern brethren are at it again.
Did you send your BBS saffron clad thugs to train the attackers?
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K.A Sumanasekera / September 10, 2013
Dear Native,
Our saffron Clads and the devotees can’t go past Madras Train Station.
How can they afford Airfares to Delhi?.
Perhaps your mates should put in a word to Solly and give some funds for another orientation course.
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Native Vedda / September 10, 2013
K.A Sumanasekera
“Our saffron Clads and the devotees can’t go past Madras Train Station.”
Just after the war Sri Lankan state sponsored free trip to visit VP Deiyo in Vanni. You never MR might oblige a round the trip to Delhi and beyond.
The other option is to leave saffron at home and visit Tamil Nadu.
In order to learn fund raising techniques please contact BBS or KP, both are with MR.
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
It is a HINDU verses Muslim clash.
Trincomalee?
Batticaloa?
Amparai?
Even Colombo City has 40% Hindus and 40% Muslims.
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Palayang yako! / September 12, 2013
Fathima Fukushima:
If you re-insert the “c” into your last name, it might help readers understand why your rantings come across as much very big frustration.
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I am no muslim / September 9, 2013
Nothing of the sort (28 killed in religious clashes) happened in Sri Lanka since the defeat of the terrorist LTTE. So why do Pillay and her masters the US and its allies and their stooge Indians cry wolf here day in day out? They badly want such riots and more in Sri Lanka for them to make an excuse to meddle in our affairs.
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
That may be the PROBLEM in SL.
Don’t worry INFIDELS can’t win.
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Palayang yako! / September 12, 2013
I am no muslim:
Might I suggest that a more appropriate pseudonym for you would be “I am no human being?”
By the way, why don’t you try some arithmetic like 28 deaths in a country like India (1.5 BILLION and counting) as against AT LEAST three (and probably many more if you count the bodies found floating in the seas of the north immediately after the army shooting) at Weliveriya of a crowd of a few thousand?
You and your parasitic friends will justify ANYTHING your paymasters do, so we are not surprised!
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Muslim / September 9, 2013
We Muslims should have turned India a Muslim country when we had the chance. Then there wouldn’t have been Hindu-Muslim riots.
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Amarasiri / September 9, 2013
Muslim, I am no Muslim-Buddhist and other Avtars,Hindu and Buddhist
Then it will be Wahhabi and Taliban Hegemony Presided over by the Mullahs and Ulema, instead of by the Hindu Priests.
This is all about Priest-Mullah-Ulama-Monk hegemony to control the people.
None of these guys have delivered Nirvana, Nibbana, Samsara, Rebirth, Heaven, Hell, Limbo and purgatory in after life.
It was hell for the people. Heaven for the Priests, Monks, Mullah and Ulama. No Women in Mosques. Master’s advice to Ananada etc.
Religion is the opium of the Masses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD0B-X9LJjs
Uploaded on Aug 16, 2007
Author Christopher Hitchens discusses his book “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” as a part of the Authors@Google series. The author of Why Orwell Matters and Letters to a Young Contrarian, Christopher Hitchens is a Vanity Fair contributing editor, a Slate columnist, and a regular contributor to The Atlantic Monthly. He has also written for The Nation, Granta, Harper’s, The Washington Post, and is a frequent television and radio guest. Born in England, Hitchens was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he received a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He now lives in Washington, D.C., and he became a U.S. citizen in 2007. This event took place on August 16, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.
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I am no muslim / September 10, 2013
This bugger talks BS.
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
BBS = Buddhist BS
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A relative of a LTTE Victim / September 11, 2013
You say you don’t want Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and et al and Priests, Monks, Mullah and so forth. So, what hegemony you want to install Amare? Is it neo cons or marx cons or some other cons? I say you should follow Dr Who.
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whywhy / September 11, 2013
Amarasiri
“It is through disobedience and rebellions the world
has progressed” said Oscar Wilde.Yet again,Great
scientists Al Hasan,Avicenna,Ibn Khaldun,Yusuf Ibn
Al Tifashi and many many more were devout religionists
who contributed tirelessly to our modern civilization.
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
You may have a busy schedule in coming days?
When are you flying to Delhi? Don’t leave Colombo behind.
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shankar / September 10, 2013
“We Muslims should have turned India a Muslim country when we had the chance.”
You tried but failed.Be thankful that hinduism does not ask to go on a crusade to convert others.Hinduism has a take it or leave it attitude.
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whywhy / September 11, 2013
Shankar
In Mysore,Tippu Sultan went to Churches and sat with
Christian audience and helped the Church.So,it is
wrong to say “tried and failed.” Please tell us one
thousand years were not enough to try it if they
wanted to.Nevertheless,take it or leave it is,
wonderful.
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
100% true.
A few years ago India was the SECOND largest Muslim population.
Now it is the third!
Slipping down.
Muslims have been too diplomatic in India and see what happened to them.
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PigP [Edited out] / September 10, 2013
Time has ce to eradicate Islam. No more Islam. Burn the Quran the book of evil. Stop spreading the Islam and get back to the MiddleEast you Pisslims.
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Marwan / September 10, 2013
You are the Devil incarnate!
Your name, your intent and language says it all. You can stew in your own juice in hell fire.
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Point of View / September 10, 2013
Let them burn it, Marwan !
Millions can recite the Quran by heart !!
We don’t have to protect the religion – it is being protected !!!
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I am no muslim / September 11, 2013
Sri Lanka should give Muslims a bit of their own medizine back. Introduce Jizya on Muslims.
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Dhaksha / September 11, 2013
CT vile comments like this should not be posted. Commenters come here for intelligent debate, not see
the bigots spew their hatred, nor display their ignorance.
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A.D.J. Perera / September 12, 2013
You are far too extreme PigP. What we are against are the fanatics
in Islam who are part of the global conspiracy to undermine other
religions in Sri Lanka. As I mentioned earlier, our Muslims of the
earlier years were religious and did not endanger us. There are still
many decent and peaceful Muslims amongst us. The Holy Quran is a respected book over the centuries and we must honour it. Muslims here now appear to have accepted some of the extremists among them made a terrible mistake and compromised the entire community all over the island. Let us leave it that for the moment.
ADJP
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I am no muslim / September 12, 2013
You say, Muslims of earlier years did not endanger us. Then again, may be because they were very few then. As you wrote once they must have sufficient numbers to be demanding. To say the least, the Koran that I read had degraded non-Muslims as worst of creatures and even compared to vile animals. I am sup riced you call it holy.
I do not believe that any Muslim who pray five times a day and diligently read Koran would honestly accept non-Muslims are equal to them. Koran 16:106 talks about circumstances a Muslim to tell a lie. You may want to leave it out but do they?
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
DISGUSTING!
PLEASE DELETE this comment.
I DON’T support media freedom IF it is abused like this.
It is BETTER to live without media freedom than have to put up with this type of RACIST bigotry.
BTW Hindus are going to learn a BITTER lesson from the Mujahiddin (God’s warriors).
Britain learnt the lesson a few moths ago. After that now Britain is SCARED to kill Muslims in Syria.
BBS aligned RSS is behind this.
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kris / September 10, 2013
Ask Rudrakuman government to intervene to sort out muslim problems in india too
Recently he has love and affection with muslim people
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
Well said!
Soon this will spread to SL too. There are Indian Hindus and Indian Muslims in SL too.
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Safa / September 10, 2013
Authorities are taking suitable action to contain this violence including the charging people for inciting hate and violence.
“Amid an ongoing political slugfest over the communal clashes that have claimed 33 lives so far, seven leaders from the BJP, one former Congress MP and a former BSP leader besides three from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) have been booked for allegedly whipping up communal passions through inflammatory speeches at a “mahapanchayat” organised in the city outskirts on September 7. ” (courtesy Hindu)
This is the difference between India and Sri Lanka where the Police are mere onlookers and protect the thugs.
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Fathima Fukushima / September 12, 2013
Out of 33, at least 30 are Muslims!!!
Why they have to do this on 9/11 anniversary?
There seems to be a plan behind this.
Anyway Hindustan is going to learn a BITTER lesson.
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shocked / September 10, 2013
Im shocked that the above made racially sick , horrible comment is allowed by the CT admin….and check out the equally racially sick pseudo name …. if such comments are allowed CT becomes no better than all the other anti muslim racist sites out there on the net
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Point of View / September 10, 2013
They come under different names – Fonseka, Somapala, Moohamhead, Albarek, Theravadi Bodhi, Tamil Tiger !
They will do anything for a packet of rice and Rs. 500 !
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BBS Rep / September 12, 2013
It is unfortunate to see that CT has become the forum for ravings and rantings of a degenerate nature. All those who read this news item must be saddened by it. Any kind of violence against any kind of human or animal must be an occasion of sadness. Some commentators here are trying to justify the horrible acts while others try to incite hatred and violence. Please folks, pipe down and stop inciting each other. You achieve nothing but stuff your minds with more hatred. Just let all ethnic divisiveness or religious animosities pass. Limit your comments to language that will appease each other’s minds. Violence and vengeance begets violence and vengeance. There will be no end to it. We are all Sri Lankans and are just waking up from a nightmare of war and violence that spanned almost 4 decades. Enough is enough. Pipe down and forge a new Sri Lankan identity where all of us can live in harmony.
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