By Mass L. Usuf –
Mass Usuf
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
My interest in writing this opinion is solely in relation to the Rule of Law (ROL) and its application in post-conflict Sri Lanka. There were promises echoed from the stages of both the Presidential and General elections with much hype, to transform Sri Lanka into an exemplary nation. Nearly two years after, even a semblance of this looks a distant mirage?
Events of the recent past indicates that there are at least three areas which impact on the ROL locally. They are Buddhism, politics and corruption. These three are intertwined and difficult to manage. For instance, politics is tainted with Buddhism and corruption. The solution is to first untwine and separate each of these from the other and, secondly, to distance each of these three factors from this idea of the ROL. To do this there are certain conditions precedent :
- Determination (firm and sincere), to establish a decent civil society;
- Positioning (truly), the interest of the nation above personal interests, ambitions and political party pursuits;
- Inclination (strong), towards upholding truth and justice;
- Resolution (unswerving), to apply the law equally to all including the monks and politicians; and,
- Courage, bravery, impartiality and the real character of patriotism.
It is apt to refer to a statement by the Late Justice Weeramantry, “there can be no democracy in a country unless the rule of law prevails at every level from the humblest to the most exalted citizen.”
Are these monks alone?
For the sake of brevity, I will confine myself only to the first of these three i.e. Buddhism. As far as Buddhism is concerned the excellence of it’s teachings is well known worldwide. What is not equally known is the irreparable damage that is being done to Buddhism. There have been several scholarly opinions expressed in the Colombo Telegraph time and again, mostly written by Sinhala Buddhists. Almost all of which expressing concern on the same lines namely, the damage being perpetrated on Buddhism. Strangely, not by any non-Buddhist but by the Buddhists themselves. More so, by some of those who have chosen to adopt the strictures of Buddha and donned the saffron robe. Are these monks alone? Nay, they are ably supported by the cohorts within the bureaucracy and those outside. Evidently for their selfish political gains and, the cunning foxes among them, eyeing greater political ambitions in the future.
Racialist nationalism and buddhism are opportunistic slogans used by these so called ‘patriots’ and ‘saviours’. The Rule of Law for such elements is an obstacle.
Is Buddha A Prophet Of Islam?
This is a subject of much intellectual debate and scholarship. I must make mention of this in passing. Some may feel uneasy or even jealous arising from a sense of possessiveness that a Muslim is writing about Buddhism. Be aware that Buddhism is a universal message and not the private property of the Sinhalese. I love Buddhism and I love the Buddhism in it’s original form. I, obviously, do not love the corrupted version of Buddhism as it is commonly being practised today.
My love for Buddhism stems from my adherence to Islam. It teaches that to every nation messengers and reformers have been sent at different times. Such Reformers preached what was suitable for that time and for those people.
“And for every community or a nation, there is a Messenger;” (Quran, Chapter 10 Verse 47)
“Truly We inspire you, as We inspired Noah, and the prophets after him, as We inspired Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and as We bestowed unto David the Psalms;”
“And Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you,…” (Quran, Chapter 4 Verse 163–164)
Note the last sentence, ‘Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you’. A subject under study is if Buddha can be among one such Reformer who has not been mentioned but was Awakened to guide and reform mankind. Most of what he preached within the context of his time is in harmony with the progressive teachings of Islam. The final Reformer being Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him). This is, however, a totally different subject which can be dealt with on a later occasion.
Environment Of Impunity
It would be really humorous to think of a group of Congressmen writing a letter to their President, Barrack Obama, requesting him to take into custody and charge a suspect for inciting hate. Sadly, what would be considered a joke in the United States of America is a reality in Sri Lanka. Last month, (2nd December 2016) a letter was addressed to President Maithripala Sirisena signed by twenty one Muslim Parliamentarians requesting him “to take all extremists who are causing hate amongst communities into custody and charge them for inciting hate.” Does this action of the Members of Parliament demonstrate the absence of the normal standards of the Rule of Law? Something is amiss to require the intervention of the Chief Executive of the country over a simple investigation and prosecutorial matter. What is clear from this is the environment of impunity that has been created by the politicization of the Executive by successive governments. Wither the Rule of Law. In the absence of ROL chaos reigns and democracy diminishes.
I Will Kill You!
The virtues of the Noble Eightfold Path are very well known to the monks than to the layman. Despite this, it is alleged that Ampitiye Sumanarathana, a monk, by his conduct has either directly or indirectly brought disrepute to Buddha, Buddhism and to the respected venerable monks in the most offensive and disparaging manner. He is perceived by many to have violated these virtues by spewing out hate filled, abusive and derogatory words against another human being.
The essence of Pancha Sila (five virtues) is boundless compassion (metta). One of the virtues of the pancha sila is to abstain from killing (Panatipata). Monks take this pledge daily and also asseverates this virtue to the laymen everyday. It was shocking to see a monk who utters “Panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami: I undertake the precept to refrain from destroying living creatures”, threatening a government servant saying, “I will kill you”. Ironically, in the presence of the Police who are also government servants.
Reflect for a while at the Sila (purity of conduct) Samadhi (Tranquility) and Panna (Insightful wisdom) of this monk. (see video: CT, 12.11.2016). How many times would he have hypocritically mentioned “Sabbe satta bhavantu sukhitatta” (May all beings be happy) in Metta Bhavana (Loving-Kindness meditation)?
Who is bringing disrepute to, and destruction of, Buddhism?
Nexus Between Buddhism And The ROL
Were the laws of this land relaxed just because he is a monk? Does wearing the saffron robe entitle one to make threats against the life of another citizen? Do they enjoy the status of primus inter pares (first among equals) and have stationed themselves beyond justice? Sarcasm would have it that the traditional concept of Separation of Powers be reviewed to include these unbuddistic monks as a new entity along with the Legislative, Executive and the Judiciary.
Here comes the nexus between Buddhism and the ROL.
- Article 12 (1) of the Constitution? “All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law.”
- Article 9 of the Constitution? “… it shall be the duty of the State to protect and foster the Buddha Sasana…”.
- The Police Ordinance Section 79 (2)? “Any person who in any public place or at any public meeting uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour ……., shall be guilty of an offence under this section”.
- The Prevention of Terrorism Act Section 2 (1)(h)? “Any person by words either spoken …………. causes or intends to cause commission of acts of violence or religious, racial or communal disharmony or feelings of ill-will or hostility between different communities or racial or religious groups …. Shall be guilty of an offence”.
- The several Penal Code provisions relating to hate speech, threat of injury to Public Officer, criminal intimidation etc. all of which are offences.
Dear Mr. President and Mr. Prime Minister, what happened to that passionate election pledge that the Rule of Law shall be established?
Gnanasara’s rendezvous with President and the ROL
Gnanasara who famously called H.E. President Maithripala Sirisena, “rukada nayakayek – a puppet leader”, and demanded, ජනාධිපති තුමනි, ඔබ වහාම ඉල්ලා අස් වෙන්න “President, you resign immediately” is also on record stating among other matters, as follows:
To be continued…..
Rajash / January 15, 2017
“Impact Of Buddhism, Politics & Corruption On The Rule Of Law”
Mass Usuf – can you explain impact on which “Rule of Law?”
Law of the Land
or
Sharia Law
Which rule of the law Muslims’ respect and obey? and How about the impact of Islam’s Sharia law on the “law of the land”?
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Fathima Fukushima / January 15, 2017
Stop talking nonsense.
Look at countries that has Sharia Law.
No one dares to steal or rob.
Don’t you think SL will be better off with a similar law?
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Seelawathie Jayasinghe / January 15, 2017
Rule of law to lanken standards is no means comparable to that of a developed country.
This has been the case except in 70ties or in the earlier days after the independence.
Today, they the majority including party polticians in the current parliaments make jokes about good governance – making even jokes about that. However, in the enforcement of law and order in the island nation, we must not be away from that of the like minded countries in the region.
I did not get this earlier, since I live on a western soil, where law is law.. order is order..
However, I too understand that the govt failed to react against Ampitiye Sumanna- the most abusive monk and his acts went viral two months ago – not being obeyed to law and order- even not respecting police constable as if his should have been above the law- however, the issue was an issue, that the average would not realize easily; namely, anyone wearing a SANGA UNIFORM is more or less exempted from any punishments considering the place given to the SANGA over the past few decades. That therefore have been abused by many monks with diverse aims. Some of them even abuse the uniform to achieve their commercial purposes today. Balumgala a radio sender revealed the latter bringing livable example.. not once several dozens of times. However, Mahanayaka or highly respected and responsible monks not taking any actions against the stagnated principles perhaps found in Mahanwanse seem making the wounds even more hurtful by today.
I though a buddhist would never like the way that particular monk was permitted go amok against fellow srilankens that way. I thought the grama sevaka behaved himself exemplary in that particular incient the monk like a mad dog barked loudly as he could raining racial contents, in the same time, betraying all the sinhala masses.
However, those who know are well aware, the incident was 1 out of 1 million…. no average sinhalaya would feel or share the thoughts with the monk even if they would stand against any extremists of known kinds.
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jim softy / January 16, 2017
Seelawathie Jayasinghe
Rule of law to lanken standards is no means comparable to that of a developed country
Go back to that developed country.
Sri lanka does not have law. It is thesavalamei, sharia law, Muslims law, Kandaian law etc., etc., govt hazs to erase all those first.
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Mohamed Marzook - UK / January 16, 2017
Muslims are expected and are always respecting the Law of the land be it in Sri Lanka or in other countries. The issue in Sri Lanka is that enforcement of the Law of the land is not equitably done, and the Muslim demand is to make Laws effective so that their rights are respected and that they are prevented from hate-mongers.
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jim softy / January 16, 2017
Mohamed Marzook:
If Sri lankan law is equitable both Rishad Bathiuddin and Raug Hakeem are in jail. They both clear forests and destroy ancient buddhist Temples to settle muslims. Some of the new settlers are new immigrents.
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Amarasiri / January 15, 2017
Mass Usuf
RE:Impact Of Buddhism, Politics & Corruption On The Rule Of Law
//“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.//
The French Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon that rapidly brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond. Inspired by liberal and radical ideas, the Revolution profoundly altered the course of modern history, triggering the global decline of absolute monarchies while replacing them with republics and liberal democracies.Through the Revolutionary Wars, it unleashed a wave of global conflicts that extended from the Caribbean to the Middle East. Historians widely regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in human history.
Sri Lanka was spared a French Style Revolution, but did experience a 30-year civil war? Why? In Sri Lanka Para-Sinhala “Buddhism”, overwhelms everything else?
“Nearly two years after, even a semblance of this looks a distant mirage?”
“They are Buddhism, politics and corruption. “
Why? In Sri Lanka Para-Sinhala “Buddhism”, overwhelms everything else?”They are Buddhism, politics and corruption.”
//”It is apt to refer to a statement by the Late Justice Weeramantry, “there can be no democracy in a country unless the rule of law prevails at every level from the humblest to the most exalted citizen.”//
It is about Hegemony of the Monks and the Monks, and the Politicians pay homage to the Monks in the Land of Native Veddah Aethho, populated by the Paras.
They believe in all sorts of Myths. The chronicle Mahawamsa written by Monk Mahanama has many lies and imaginations the Monk, including lion genes, Buddha Visiting the Land 3 times and flying to the to the top of a mountain to lay his footprint.
In fact it is claimed that the Mahawamsa is an Insult to the Buddha. Anyway. that is the “Rule Book” that is followed by the Para-Sinhala-“Buddhist” Monks and Laymen.
Reference:
Mahavamsa- An Insult To The Buddha! By Sharmini Serasinghe
Wonder if ours might have been a wiser, and a more ‘humane’ society, had our ‘ancient’ history, been based on Aesop’s Fables, instead of the Mahavamsa. For if not for the Mahavamsa, the Sinhalese may not have been endowed, with the reputation, of “Sinhalaya Modaya (The Sinhalese are Fools)”!
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/mahavamsa-an-insult-to-the-buddha/
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jim softy / January 15, 2017
Mass Usuf:
Muslims have killed and are killing millions in the name of Islam. On the other hand, buddha is for non-vioence. How can come buddha become a prophet of Islam ?
Why don’t you talk about what muslim politicians in Sri lanka are doing. IT is an open secret that Muslims in mannar were not there for 26 yearsor more. Now, those muslims have settled in Anuradhapura, puttalam and other areas during that 26 year period. Govt has proved that there was only one muslim could prove presence there. Rishad Bathiuddin has cleared over 12000 acres from Wilpattu reserve forests and he is bringining muslims who do not have lands else where. Some of those muslims are recent immigrents.
It is the same thing Rauf Hakeem doing in the Batticaloa area. These people are destroying ancient Buddhist ruins and are thorwing to the sea. Besides, they want to acquire buddhist sites as theires.
In short As Tamils are doing Muslims are busy building homelands in Mannar, Aluthgama and In the East.
Muslims are ganged up in this build up. I don’t your position is. Himli ahmed is the coordinating person SL muslim council.
It is sinhala buddhist kings who gave permission to land in Sinhale Shores. they got married to local women and now they want saudi arabia in the East. Malay and indian muslim homelands in other two areas.
So, keep on lieing.
Here after don’t take Buddha close to Islam. Buddhism came before Christianity and Islam and both religions have got influence and not vice versa.
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Marwan / January 15, 2017
All that the Prophets preached and taught to mankind was goodness, kindness and respect towards other human beings, to bring peace and tranquility into our lives.
When we objectively analyze the teachings of Buddhism, we recognize many similarities as well as differences when compared with Islamic teachings. It is based on those similarities than we can safely presume, (not factually prove/d/n) that Lord Buddha may have been been a Prophet of God sent down to mankind. One out of 124,000 sent down to earth from time to time throughout earth’s life span, for mission of course correction, to put mankind on the right track to reach Paradise in their afterlife.
All Prophets were men who walked on this earth, ate and drank and preached to their disciples to go out and spread the word, or pass on their message to many generations to come, etc., Sometimes they performed miracles by God’s permission, to convince people that they were special and God sent. They did all the things that come naturally as human beings, and everything that normal people did and say at their times. There was no air of superiority in them, instead they were all humble people, come to earth to do their job. They all had motivational spiritual gift of prophecy (forecasting future events) which would eventually come to pass, not necessarily in their lifetime, but that would happen in many generations to come. They did not want or ask to be revered and worshiped. That was an idea that started with followers. (Even recently expired famous personality Sai Baba’s tomb has now been turned into a shrine, where people come to worship). They were powerless by themselves as they could do nothing, except by God’s will and help. He was their Creator, and it was He who sent them down, and to Him is our return some day soon – for sure.
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jim softy / January 15, 2017
Marvan:
You believe in the GOd (allah). You say Allah created every thing and every one.
Yet, why don’t you believe that Allah created Infidels, Kaffirs, Sunnis, shiites and Sunnis are allowed to kill all others in order to make the earth a Sunni world ?
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Marwan / January 15, 2017
One way of understanding this is if you ask yourself, why is there differences in Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism, if the source of the religion is from one man – Lord Buddha? The answer is choice is free, and Allah has given us that choice to decide how we want to establish our connection with Him. What is right and wrong has been taught, and it all depends on how it is interpreted and understood, and if we want to obey or discard the information. The choice is ours. Allah doesn’t need us, but we need Allah. If we don’t fall in line, He can destroy us if He wants and make some others to take our place by converting to Islam and carry on His mission. That is why, there is a lot of misconceptions, misunderstandings, oversights, mistakes, regrets, thankfulness, all these emotions, feelings, errors befallen on mankind. We are in the learning process from cradle to grave. We all have our highs and lows. We are not angels to be consistent in high and always good and perfect. They have no choice. They were created by Allah to be in eternal worship to Him. But we humans are different. We fight, we kill our enemies in war, search and fight for justice when there is none. Many, many exceptional qualities in human beings. But ultimately everyone will die. It is only then we can see the good and bad we have done, and made to account for it. There is no bribe nor favouration that will come to our aid. It will be based purely on our intentions to do certain actions, our good deeds and bad, our gratefulness for our blessings, sincere repentance for wrong doing, and Hid Mercy and approval for us to enter eternal Paradise.
Another point to challenge your argument is, if Allah wanted, He could have made everyone to be Muslim and accept Islam as their religion. He didn’t do that. Why? Because He wanted you to have your own choice. Accept it, or reject it. Allah will not interfere. It is upto us, as the followers of Prophet Muhammed (PBOH) to convince you, since there will never be another Prophet to come again. He was the last and Final Messenger. So that is why we take so much effort to explain ourselves. It just may be you are still not convinced, but may be another reader will get inspired. We do not have any expectations from anyone. We just pass on the message. It is upto God to give you the understanding, or leave you to your own whims and fancies.
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Amarasiri / January 15, 2017
jim softy
“Muslims have killed and are killing millions in the name of Islam. On the other hand, buddha is for non-vioence. How can come buddha become a prophet of Islam ?”
Very valid questions, but misunderstandings need to be sorted out.
1. Muslims are supposed to follow God, Allah, and not be be distracted by the Devil, Satan as per Islamic Theology.
However, the Devil, Satan has apparently distracted some “Muslims” to follow Washbasin, and its clones, called Salafism, Tawheed-ism, ISIS. ISIL, Talinan, Deobandi etc. Almost all the killing you describe are carried by these Wahhabites.
The Wahhabi founders, encouraged the killings you describe, as per their interpretations, and their primary victims are other Muslims who are not Wahhabites.
2. “How can come buddha become a prophet of Islam ?”
Either in the Quran or a Hadith, there is mention of a larger number Prophets sent to mankind for reform. Buddha certainly qualify under this definition, and his character and teachings are far above the Prophets of the Old Testament.
Why not include Buddhas as an example of a Prophet?
After all the Old Testament describes, Joshua, the Ethnic Cleanser, and the “Prophet” who stopped the Sun for 24 hrs as a Prophet.
The Prophet business has a long history. Unfortunately, the writers of the Old Testament did not know or hear about Buddha.
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Upasiri de Silva / January 15, 2017
The writer is absolutely correct. I am a Buddhist and agree that the people wearing the yellow robe should behave as real Buddhist Monks or otherwise Rule of Law should apply equally.
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Amarasiri / January 15, 2017
Upasiri de Silva
“the people wearing the yellow robe should behave as real Buddhist Monks or otherwise Rule of Law should apply equally.”
Yes.
Unfortunately, the “Buddhist” Monks do not follow the Rules, Vinaya, of the Monks.
By extension, they also do not follow the “Vinaya”, the Rule of Law of the Laymen.
Unfortunately, the Politicians and authorities are not applying the Rule of Law to these monks, who are not following the Vinaya of the Monks.
Why?
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John / January 15, 2017
Usuf,
Very,very cunning article by Usuf again, stop shedding bucket load of crocodile tears over Buddhism.
Usuf, wake up, look around,you will see that Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country and it is never a Muslim country.
Sumanarathana thero is definitely a hero, he is fighting the Muslim terrorists in the surrounding area. Sumanarathana thero has been badly treated by ethnic minority devils, he has been denied electricity, water, government approvals, and other facilities, that is why the great monk is so angry.
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Native Vedda / January 15, 2017
Johnny Boy
“Sumanarathana thero is definitely a hero, he is fighting the Muslim terrorists in the surrounding area.”
Please listen to his sermon on virtues:
Batticaloa temple’s Ampitiya sumanarathana thero’s filthy buddhist preaching. date: 24/10/2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mocWrfDLK5Y
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John / January 15, 2017
Usuf, you talk about rule of law, Willpaththuwa is being invaded and destroyed, so where is the rule of law for Baduideen??? that idiot is out of order, although he is one of the richest in the country.
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Kugan / January 15, 2017
The head of state has to be an example and a good statesman.police have powers but hands are tied,these corrupted elements has to give permission who to arrest and which has to be taken.
Judical system not exceptional either,but people don’t have choice,even if you vote them out still comes through the back door rhetoric system of national list MPs then way for minister as well.
As Trump said the system is rigged,these white barrels (MP) with the help of hard-line clergies and buddies of old and new crooks they covered it up all the fiddles, murder,crimes…and get away with it.
We Thamils were cheated for very long time,but now slowly playing the same dirty games with sinhala Buddhists or majority of the population,
Bribe is norm now,making money is the mission,they give damn for poor,sending mothers and sisters to work in horrible countries and rising brothels don’t comes to these Buddha’s armies eyes some how.
But safeguard the heritage of what,2500 yr history,is it existence of Buddhists or Sinhalese.
Beautiful country lovely people regardless bit few good spoilers as well.
Maharaja made a myth that VP was the only one,but wirst spoilers these lot.look where we are heading.
God save mother Lanka.
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tinpotjihadi / January 15, 2017
Cunning article to praise islam. No discussion of how isis operates, how wahabi radicals pollute sri lanka and not a peep about how radical islam and theft of land is going on in Wilpattu.
You take liberty to evaluate buddhism and behavior of idiots who claim to be buddhists but you keep talking about your Mohammed an Allah about being above all. That, my friend is religious ignorance and belief being pushed on us. Buddha is not Allah’s messenger m Allah an Muhammed came much later then buddhism and Christianity both. fact fact fact. You are silly.
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Hayath / January 15, 2017
Hey Tinpot. The name suits you well. You have still not been able to figure out that ISIS fighters may be Muslims, but do not represent Islam. Just think. A rag-a-tag army of youngsters fighting for a lost cause, cannot be crushed by the might of the American, Russian, French and other allied forces, using all of their talents in spying and tactical skills supported by such advanced technological capabilities such as use of armed drones. Why? Because they don’t want to end it, but just keep killing innocent civilian Muslims and call it collateral damage. No one even cares for civilian casualties any more. If ISIS was fighting for Islam and Muslims why don’t they attack Israel? Why are they killing innocent civilians including their own Muslim brothers.
There is no such Wahabi radicalism taking place in this country. Instead, Muslims are rediscovering their religion and going back to following its fundamentals. Along with what you know and see on the outside, (like praying, fasting, performing Hadj) there is also the inner purification (like hear no evil, speak no evil, don’t judge others, etc.) which is also going on. Part of that is also social segregation (men and women avoid mixing at social events), paying the 2.5% tax to the poor from a years savings, a dress code for women to bring modesty and simplicity into their lives. These may all appear as some form of ‘New’ practices to anyone on the outside. But these are the true values that Muslims come to respect and obey as part of their religious teachings, since the time of the Prophet’s era. Nothing to do with Wahabism.
Wilpattu deforestation is a hoax. It was done to deprive those people access to their own homelands for which they have deeds. I like to see what you would do if you were deprived of your right to enter your own property. This is being done to bring racism into the scene and victimize those people (after all most are poor Muslim folk, after all that suffering they have undergone living as refugees in camps). You will never speak for animals displaced by Mattala Airport, the clearing of 5000 hectares for Namalgama. Why this double standards?
The truth is all out there, but you chose to ignore it. The minority population have no power in a majority dominated country, which has gone greedy, crazy and wild over this materialistic world. They take nothing of this with them to the next world. All, everything will be left behind. But they die fighting for it.
As Muslims, we will always live with dignity, and show respect towards other religions, whilst also being accommodating towards others views. But you cannot expect us Muslims to share or partake in your cultural celebrations, since our beliefs and practices are poles apart. Integration, Yes. But only upto a certain point. Beyond that, you go your way, we go ours. This the truth, which some may not want to say it as openly to avoid conflagration.
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tinpotjihadi / January 15, 2017
Taleban destroyed statues. Isis destroys statues. Islamic reasons. Beheading people raping girls, banning education for girls. Forcing full black ARAB costumes. Those are wahabists. They say Shia are apostates. They rape, murder, behead, boil alive more Muslims than anyone else. Facts.
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Native Vedda / January 15, 2017
tinpotjihadi
Are you planning to join USA and liberate Muslims from Wahhabists? Sorry USA is with Wahhabists.
Is there anyone seriously fighting the Wahhabists except Sinhala/Buddhists in this forum?
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jim softy / January 15, 2017
Mr. USUF:
You say you love buddhism and talk about it.
I say you don’t know what you are talking. Read buddhism very well and understand it. Then you know what you are talking is CRAP.
Read and to see whether Islam has Buddhist influence even though muslims follow Arab culture. That is why muslims kill other humans like dogs.
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Marwan / January 15, 2017
Is it like hacking four Muslims to death in Aluthgama, June 2015?
When we want to reconcile differences, it is important to understand the others religious fundamentals, such as its core values.There is enough bana and public discourses for us to learn and get our evidential material. Some of us are educated in Buddhist only schools. If anything at all, it is you who needs to come to par with your own religious values and obligations, since you profess one thing and in practice, do just the opposite.
You tell big fat lies (gal pallena boru), create and sell liquor licenses to operate roadside taverns, bars and hotel lounges, booze heavily (highest government revenue based on Excise Dept. statistics), unusually high suicide rates amongst entire generation span, commit sins of the flesh through pimping and prostitution as means of earning (itself is not illegal in Sri Lanka), run Casinos and gambling dens to spirit away all that hard earned money, sending your women folk to ME and foreign countries thus creating dysfunctional families and disturbing child discipline, (whilst the whole country depends on their meager incomes to shore up its foreign and capital reserves), unchecked abortions which kill the fetus in many of those unplanned and unexpected parenthood situations, and with all these burdens on your head, you still you have the nerve to tell us Muslims to get our act right. What you need to learn is to heal thyself before trying to heal others. In contrast, we Muslims strive hard to live our lives in keeping within the tenets of our faith. We may all not be perfect, but at least we are on course.
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jim softy / January 15, 2017
You say, muslims were innocent and people attacked you.
Mohomad was a businessman who had multiple wives of different ages. One wife was very old, another wife was a child. He went to war in order to develop new markets. Mohomad was doing every crime in order to make him famous.
It is the same thing that you muslims do.
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Patriot / January 15, 2017
Gnanasara and his BBS able to get away with Hate Speech, Arson and Murder. No one convicted for Aluthgama Riots to date.
Minister of Justice on extremely friendly terms with Gnanasara and other extremists.
War Heroes ???? able to get away with murder and abductions etc.
No action to arrest Rajapakses for multiple crimes.War Heroes ???
Definitely there is no rule of law and Yahapalana is a big joke.
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ranjith(sprrw) / January 15, 2017
[Edited out] even their holy book is a racket. see verse 5.32 it is not a revelation of any god. it is taken from judaism oral fable collection talmud that is not considered as god’s revelation.it is a man made one it is mentioned in koran as god’s revelation. howcome muslim can claim their god is ominiscience or ominipotence if their almighty quote man made fable as its revelation..Apologists mention it every times to show Islam is a peaceful religion.it is a sheer appeal to jewish people for mercy by mohamod as he feared that jews were conspiring to kill him since mohamod himself slew almost all jews lived in his terroteries in arabic peninsular.as such Islam itself is a corrupted religion. deception and lying is the base of it.Buddhism never forces people to believe any thing if it is not in conformity with their consciousness. but in Islam questioning is treated as apostasy. result is death.as such howcome writer compare Islamic teachings with buddhism.buddhism is a man made religion not the revelation of any god or goddes.it value man as supreme one.can be questioned and subject to any discussion pro or against. no punishment. safety is assured.
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Marwan / January 15, 2017
When did you become the authority to decree what is forged, copied or simply written into the Quran taken from texts of other religious books. You are a joker. When there are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world today who will swear by the day and night cycle that they experience, that the Quran is a divine message, a revelation from God, and therefore is devoid of any errors and mistakes from end to end, you come along and say it is a 1. Judaic oral fable, 2. Man made and made to appear in Quran as God’s revelation, 3. Talmud not considered God’s revelation. Readers can judge your stand on the issue.
Can you ever compare something which is as good as ‘God made Laws’ with ‘Man made Laws’? You proudly claim Buddhism is all man made, no wonder there is no strict code of conduct and discipline in its teachings. As Muslims, we follow God’s Law and we don’t dispute nor question it, since we don’t have the mental capacity and foresight to know what is good and bad for us. So it is easy to follow. When we gather in all the Mosques the world over for Friday prayers, you can witness that discipline. The consistent call for prayer, the month long fast, celebrate our festivals and enjoy each others hospitality, we know we belong to one big family, the Family of our Prophet Muhammed (Peace and blessings be upon him).
We don’t need to see to believe in the existence of that One God. That is called Faith. Believing in the unseen. Expecting nothing in return, except goodness in the afterlife. There are many examples in life where believing in the unseen is commonly taken for granted. The effects of wind, either mild and harsh that can overturn a vehicle and can even uproot a tree. You cannot see it, but you can feel its effects. The power of a magnifying glass to focus the light and heat waves of the sun, enough to a burn a hole. The undercurrent in water that can drag its victim to certain death. There are many, many such examples in life, even the current energy running in a house wiring. So, believing in the unseen is not such a strange phenomenon as you have been trained to believe.
When you refer to apostasy and the punishment for it is death. And so it is with anyone who decamps with all the countries vital military information, or who leaks it to the enemy. Why can’t Julian Assange holed up for 8 long years in a Equadorian Embassy in Russia, go back to his own country in USA? It is the same rule. During the time of the Prophet, there were war situations and the real enemy could not be clearly identified. There were traitors, hypocrites and half minded people on accepting Islam or not. The law was stern and either you were with the Muslims, or were treated as the enemy. Under such circumstances rules were established through revelations in the Quran, on how to handle those tricky and challenging situations. It does not apply to peace time defections as in present times, since the religion has already been well established, and there is no reason to believe there will be a mass scale run of its followers.
So pls know the facts before you raise argument criticizing Islam and Muslim behaviour.
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ranjith(sprrw) / January 15, 2017
what is good for you is not good for me. Islam faith started around 1450 years ago but judaism started long before that. talmud collection of fable has been in existence long before your faith started. your messenger killed all jews lived in arabia. can you deny that. history written that way.as such appealing for mercy for crims committed is natural thing as his life was in danger. for that he quoted fable existed in Israel at that time since he was not literate to go through torah holy book of judaism.I judged those thing with historical evidences if you feel otherwise you prove it otherwise with evidences. I have right to judge anything the way I think correct and express my view. I say your religion base on false assumption and there is no god called Allah or by any other names. though gods concept exist for long but no such creatures in existence at all. that is my belief. you believe whatever you want to believe. but if you touch others religions you have to expect consequences. you go with your religion without touching others belief.if you do others have rights hit back.with their knowledge on your religion.remember that..
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Sam Fernando / January 15, 2017
Regardless of the topic being addressed here I just like to add you to join – SLTV s Yatharupa, since you once exposeed yourself as coming from a socery background.
Today, those men like Jaela podi seeya et al seem to abuse poor peoples mind sets. Many of these poor ones go to those Kattadiyas are the low income earning folks.
i have the feeling you sound to be a learnt educatd person, you could do lot more in saving the nation, if you could share your active contributions by your thoguths. They are really interested in know theoriginal sources of socery scripts. Today, the kind of deceitful men are on a rice like rabits inthe country. Politicians are behind them since longer people stay stupid, it will be easy them to manipulate the average and collect their votes.
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Native Vedda / January 15, 2017
ranjith(sprrw)
the scatter brain religious historian
“Islam faith started around 1450 years ago but judaism started long before that.”
Do you know how long Sanatana Dharma been in existence?
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ranjith(sprrw) / January 15, 2017
go and ask your grand mother monitor lizard.
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Marwan / January 15, 2017
Islam is the religion started from the first man ever created. So that was from Adam. He needed guidance when he was sent into this world, and it was provided by God. Throughout history all the Prophets who came into this world were Muslims and taught Islam to their people. During the process and in between, their followers branched off to create many new religions with new interpretations and that is why we have so many branches and new religions in the world today. But Islam still survived. The last Prophet who taught this same Islam came almost 1440 years ago, and it has survived and will survive well into the future. Moses was revealed the Torah by God, but it was distorted over time, and now it is not the original text as was revealed. The Injil or Bible came next, and that too was tampered with, and has many questionable chapters, if those could have truly been God’s words. Final revelation, the Holy Quran was revealed just like the previous books, and it still remains in its original text, which is in Arabic. Every Muslim anywhere and everywhere in the world learns to recite it in its original language as revealed Arabic text. Of course there are many translations, one of which you have quoted. But that is subjective and no one will challenge it as there are many subtle interpretations in the process of translation. Since the Quran is the last and final message, it supersedes every other message (book) revealed by God to all of mankind, and therefore the Talmud, Torah, Injil or Bible has no relevance to us Muslims. What is firmly and definitely for us is The Holy Quran.
No one has attacked or accused Buddhism of wrong doing, so you don’t need to get alarmed. What everyone is saying is that the teachings are pristine but you followers have corrupted it through your approach in practicing it. Get hold of yourself and argue your point intelligently, without the threats of counter attack, and arguing just for the sake of arguing. We are all here to learn.
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Hamlet / January 17, 2017
Marwan
“Islam is the religion started from the first man ever created. So that was from Adam..”
Did you not learn Biology in School?
The first MAN was never created by a God, but evolved by Natural Selection, from its last ‘Avatar’ the Hominids!
MAN is now Evolving into something WORSE. Why is your Omnipotent GOD not stopping that Evolution?
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ranjith(sprrw) / January 15, 2017
you are big liar like rablue. as per Islamic belief every prophet or messenger mentioned in your so called holy book or koran are supposed to preached same Islamic idealism like oneness of god, worshipping only that god, and day of judgement. but in buddhism nothing is mentioned in this regard. though accept existence of power or energy in wave form called gods they are not omniscience or omnipotence. not only one such power or energy but thousands of them. even demons come to that category. worshipping of them not advised at all but invoking merits on them was advised as such they are greedy of merits to come down to human world to collect merits for their last goal. attaining nirana. no last day or resurrection or day of judgement mentioned. instead it says one’s savior is oneself.nobody can interfere in others destiny. it is entirely different to Islamic belief and entirely different to the other abrahamic religions belief as well.As such your saying buddha too as a prophet or messenger of your so called Allah is a bullshit.
regarding your one verse mentioned by me. it is mentioned in past tense. revelation can not be in past tense it should be either in present tense or future tense. as such my saying it is a carbon copy of fable in talmud is very correct statement..
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Ranil Wijeyesekera / January 15, 2017
The law has to be ammended. In America there 1st constitution was based on the Bible and their law used the faith of christ to draft it. British practices and many other countries reformed there constitution and law accordingly. The british cade of law and the constitution influnced our law.
Buddhism to many is a philosphy. as in the west people are now using principles of Buddha in there religios practices. Many call for a secular state. Muslims should have no privldges in the law. Buddhist thought should pervade our law. Pansil should be enshrined in the fundemental chapter of the constitution. The practice of many human right practices in the fundenental chapter should be discouraged. Hatred ceaseth not by hatred hatred ceaseth by love should be enshrined to serve all communities. Let us have a secular constitution but adopt the principals of Buddha and other faith in it. Christians are asked to obey their masters. What is good in religions must be accepted but all religions must be protected by law in all its sections.
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Hussain Fahmy / January 15, 2017
Investor confidence will be a severe obstacle in the absence of Rule Of Law. With the previous government’s debt payments due this year and beyond, the burden of responsibility will be passed on to the taxpayers by direct and indirect taxes for generations, while the Politicians go scot-free.
“An atheistic and materialistic democracy seems to me a very hell upon earth.”
— Edmond de Pressensé (1824-1891) French preacher, writer and orator
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ranjith(sprrw) / January 15, 2017
yes for Islam and its apologists buddhists and people of all the other faiths are most corrupted people.as we never believe none has right to be worshipped but Allah. as such others lives and properties or heritages are not sacred to them. that is what their god and its messenger taught them and get them to believed blindly.That is what muslims recited five times a day over the loud speakers to insult others.howcome law abiding people can accept Islam as peaceful religion not as selfish military doctrine. always agitate for killing of non believers. hate non believers and pray for their destination to be their god’s fire hell.as such such a religion or doctrine should be banned from earth if people looking for peaceful world.
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Native Vedda / January 15, 2017
ranjith(sprrw)
the scatter brain religious historian
“Islam faith started around 1450 years ago but judaism started long before that.”
Do you know how long Sanatana Dharma been in existence?
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ranjith(sprrw) / January 15, 2017
ask your shakthi TV tamil fellow or your leader MP always in wining side UNP or UPFA or your god siva
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Native Vedda / January 16, 2017
ranjith(sprrw)
scatter brain expert on religious affairs
I was expecting you to give a plausible answer. Can you not wave your magic wand and find out?
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Ranil Jayantha Wijeyesekera / January 15, 2017
Buddhism in the constitution.
Buddhism is Philosophy. Buddhism Atheist. It does not believe in all mighty God. Buddhism is secular. As in all Religions corrupt practices have crept into it. However The Tripitika based Buddhism where the scripture is given firmost place is needed Christian priests It was Ollcott and Dharmapala translated scripture and discouraged certain practices. Let us have a secular constitution connected to the other laws. All fundamentalist should be discouraged. The priests should have to obey a vinya Tripitika. In Buddhism the priests were considered closer to nirvana. Let translations of the tripitika be available to all the language of other countries.
People are seeking the truth through Meditation. In a world of dukha . The racing of the mind and subconscious is circulated with ever increasing speed. Ana Pana sati bawanawa stills the mind in depth. Samadi bawana brings peace among believers. As you meditate on the 4 noble truth and the decedent life, we lose are attachment to the World. The 8 fold way when meditated on brings maithri into ones heart. Vipassana bawana gives you understanding of your skeleton and body function. It brings good helth and blessings to others Meditation on the 10 encumbrances gives one a break through to eradicate dukha. . TM and other meditation gives you feeling as if you are taking LSD. It is for us to introduce Buddhist meditation to the World.
As a Christian I believe that Jesus the divine perfect sacrifice delivers us from sin. Redemption by a almighty God whose son becomes cursed for our sake. He is risen and we can have an intimate relationship. All we need is faith as small as a mustard seed. Meditation thogh we may not know is directed by Jesus Christ. Let us include all that is noble, Kind should be included in the law. Prisoners should bne treated well and changed through maithri. Malnutrition should be abolished. Change in dietary patterns and proteins and BMI and other indexes use should be in the constitution.
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jim softy / January 16, 2017
Ranil Jayantha Wijeyesekera
As a Christian I believe that Jesus the divine perfect sacrifice delivers us from sin.
If you believe it, why don’t you get crucified and die for Jesus. Get all the Christians to get crucified with rusty nails.
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Bhante Vasantha / January 15, 2017
I write to protest against the nauseating attack by this arrogant Islamic writer on Buddhism and its morality. Nothing can be more sickening than an attack on what is considered the most enlightened world view (by people from Jesus Christ to Albert Einstein), Buddhism, by an Islamic devil worshiper.
Four of the five Pillars of Islam, the, (ritual profession of faith, ritual prayer, fasting, and the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca) are based on mythical beliefs common also to the Hindus at the time the Buddha was born. Buddha rejected these as useless practices bases on myth and misunderstandings. Muslims’ commitment to praying to Allah five times a day and the sacredness attached to Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem are primal and can bring no salvation. In this regard, Islam, though it appeared 700 years after the Buddha, failed to benefit from Buddhism, and is still backward.
Islam has a history of turning human beings into something less than an animal. Almost all of the Muslim caliphates beginning with the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, Córdoba Spain, Fatimid all the way down to the Ottomans, indulged in ghilman (boy love). All Muhammad’s 100 year old companions married underage girls. (Ali gave his underage daughter to Umar since he wanted to have sex with a girl that have not reach pubescent.)
All one has to do in order to understand the barbarism of Islam is to look at ISIS and they will see that Islam has not progressed since Muhammad and his companions, Khalid, Ali, Omar, Abu Bakr and all the Muslim dynasties after them. ISIS (Muslim) terrorists have turned Syria and Iraq into living hells.
The Islamic ideology behind the attacks on the Hindu people of India and their religion was that they were regarded as not being “People of the Book”, and were not given the option to pay a protection tax called the “jizya” to be able to retain their faith.
Armies of Islam in Hindu India forced conversion, destroyed temples, Hindu and Buddhist culture and committed outright slaughter, enslavement, and pillaging for 500 years. from certain regions forever. Other groups such as the Jains faced the same threat from Islam.
Despite this backwardness the Islamic political system refuses not tolerate rule by others whom they consider “Infidel kuffars”. Being the most inferior and violent, the ideology of Islam spread the idea of supremacy with religious fanaticism that resulted in the Islamic conquests of ancient India.
Radical Islam only understands strength and courage as during the Crusades the only virtue the Arabs succumbed was the French courage. This can be no less true for the government of India and, Sri Lanka as well.
So Mass L. Usuf, go back to worshiping your pedophile guru, but keep your dirty hands off Buddhism. You are not fit to teach morality to Buddhists. Blood is dripping off your hands!
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Hamlet / January 17, 2017
Bhante Vasantha
You criticise Mass L. Usuf, for being an arrogant Muslim.
You have not Read or Understood what He is Saying in His Article. He seems to know and Practise More of Real Dhamma, like Meththa and Karuna than yourself!
Buddhism is not being Practised by Buddhists like yourself who haven’t even begun to Understand the Buddha’s Teaching!
What most Sinhala Buddhists Practise is another form of Ritual Agama!
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jim softy / January 15, 2017
Why Muslims don’t talk about their religion and their behaviour in the world, and in the society. Instead, they talk about buddhist monks.
How come a religious leader talked about non violence become a prophet of a non existing god or a messenger similar to a man who engaged in incest.
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Native Vedda / January 15, 2017
jim softy dimwit
“a messenger similar to a man who engaged in incest.”
Aren’t you referring to your ancestors’ incestuous relation (half lion man and his sister leonine in Venga)?
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Concerned citizen / January 15, 2017
What Buddhism are we talking about, the Buddhism that is practiced in Sri Lanka and Kelaniya is a hybrid Islamic mix religion, they play pirith in the morning and afternoon on loudspeaker, then there is weekly dharma desana with posters all over the place, and most of the time their example is the Muslim way of life and successful they are. I guess they have figured out this is the only way to keep Buddhism alive, but on the outside they talk as if Islam is the worst thing that has happened.
According to Buddhism Buddha has died and attained nirvana, that means he is no longer in existence, but we see the Buddhist worship him like a god. they don’t know what they’re doing, it says being born us Dukka, but now we see the monks openly advocating Buddhist family to produce the maximum number of offsprings, then they are hell bent on creating wealth by hook or crook
When you ask a Buddhist what is Buddhism, most of them say it’s an advanced teaching compatible with science, but when asked to explain the advance teachings, no body knows what it is.
Once upon a time it seems from Afghanistan to Indonesia it used to Buddhist countries but now all have become Islamic countries. As explained above in Sri Lanka also now to keep it alive without saying they imitating the Islamic way of life.
So one has to think whether Buddhism is compatible with the current worldy requirements of the Buddhist people and will it survive this century, I doubt it.
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jim softy / January 15, 2017
Concerned citizen. YOu are also muslim. Jehan is also muslim eventhough he does not want to identify himeslef with a muslim name.
Islam was having conquests and christians were having crusades. that is how Muslims have 52 majority muslim countries. NOw islam has peaked. Here after it only goes down.
There is no creator except you. Mohomad is a pedophile.
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Native Vedda / January 15, 2017
jim softy dimwit peace be upon you
“NOw islam has peaked. Here after it only goes down.”
Please note a new prophecy from prophet jim softy “peace be upon him”.
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jim softy / January 16, 2017
Dumb Native Veddo
jim softy dimwit peace be upon you
first blow up in the name of your religion.
Then there will be peace.
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Hamlet / January 18, 2017
Concerned citizen:-
How right you are!
The Buddha’s Dhamma is not understood or practised by the Majority of Sinhala/Buddhists.
We call Buddhist Monks, Priests, and Ask them to Intervene with the Devas on our behalf. We Worship Statues and Trees, without understanding the Reason for doing so!
We have borrowed Rituals and Practices from Hinduism, Catholicism and Islam and turned the Dhamma into an Agama!
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jehan / January 15, 2017
There is no God but Allah and Prophet Mohamed sallalhusallam is the messenger of Allah.
Buddah didnt speak about God. He was not a Prophet. However much muslims in Sri Lanka u included want him to be a prophet, as per his teachings, he didnt talk about oneness of God. he was basically a thinker who wanted to get rid of the caste base hindu hiachracy. People can sit under tree for thousands of years, but doesnt make him a prophet. Basically unproductive time sitting under trees- u see the monks, with all there pin bath. lost productivity. gnansaraya has to be punished for aluthgama, what we see is the president making gnansaraya a mahanayaka. this is what justice in sri lanka is.
A Guy who wares a yellow robe even if a donkey is respected. this has to change if sri lanka is to go forward.
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jim softy / January 16, 2017
There is no creator god Muslims stay dumb and do not want to investigate. That is why no scientists found among muslims.
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Native Vedda / January 16, 2017
Prophet jim softy dimwit peace be upon you
“That is why no scientists found among muslims.”
Another prophecy. Well observed.
How long you have planned to remain a prophet (peace be upon you)?
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K.Pillai / January 15, 2017
It is wrong to blame Buddhism for all the ills of Lanka.
Mass L. Usuf says “Despite this, it is alleged that Ampitiye Sumanarathana, a monk, by his conduct has either directly or indirectly brought disrepute to Buddha, Buddhism and to the respected venerable monks in the most offensive and disparaging manner.”
The Gnanasaro types bring disrepute to themselves but not to Buddhism.
Who brings disrepute to Islam? Certainly not Trump!
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jehan / January 16, 2017
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Ajith / January 16, 2017
The impact of Buddhism in Srilanka before, during and after the period of European rule (Dutch, Portugese and British) in this island politices (rule of law, jutice, unity, relationship between communities, socio-economic status, security, human rights) should be assessed if the country wants to proceed in a positive path. Similarly, the impact of Islam, Imapct of Hinduism and the impact of Christianitity also should be assessed. However, as far as Srilanka is concerned, the constitution and two major political parties give special position to Buddhism its impact requires much more attention.
Those who are in the government and the Buddhist religious leadership should have periodically assesed the impact of Buddhism on the welfare of the people and in the interest of the religion.
J R Jeyawardena of United National Party-UNP undertook a march in 1957 to Kandy (Dalada Maligawa (Buddhist Temple of Tooth) in protest against a pact signed between SWRD Bandaranaiyake and SJV. This was followed by 1958 anti-Tamil pogorom.
After the end of war 2009, the international community (UNHCR) accused Srilanka of war crimes and human rights violations. This is the worst assessment of Srilanka in its 2000 years or more years of history.
The marathon protest march “Jana satana Pada Yathra” launched by loyalists of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa began in Kandy on July 28th 2016. The real motive was to induce Buddhists against granting rights to Tamils.
In my opinion, in the post Independence Srilanka Buddhism is suffering in the wrong hands and politicians misused it for their benefits and it had negative impact in all aspects of humanity and Buddhism as well.
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John / January 16, 2017
Aesop’s fable of the camel and the Arab describes the Muslims better. As the story goes, a stupid Arab let the cunning camel put its nose in the tent, then the cunning camel got itself completely inside the tent while pushing the stupid Arab out side the tent. This is what happened to formally Buddhist countries (e.g: India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Maldives, etc), wise Sinhalese ( Sinhalese Buddhist monks) saved the country from being a Muslim hell.
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Native Vedda / January 16, 2017
Johnny boy
“wise Sinhalese ( Sinhalese Buddhist monks) saved the country from being a Muslim hell”
However couldn’t stop the European taking over the island and owning it for nearly 450 years, until India fought and won its freedom.
We know you are a public racist however it doesn’t give you the right to be stupid either.
When Chola Navy weakened after 1274 the Indian ocean was free for all, the Arabs and Europeans moved in uninvited which opened the way to Islamisation, Europeanisation, Christianisation, Arabisation, … .. in South East Asia.
By the way don’t forget Hinduism and Buddhism were also brought to this island by traders from India.
Please feel free to type your moronic versus.
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jim softy / January 16, 2017
Stupid Native Veddo:
By the way don’t forget Hinduism and Buddhism were also brought to this island by traders from India.
You show that you are stupid idiot. first read and learn.
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Native Vedda / January 16, 2017
Prophet jim softy dimwit peace be upon you
“You show that you are stupid idiot. first read and learn.”
Have I said something wrong to offend your sensitivities?
I am sorry, Hinduism and Buddhism were sent to India from this little island.
Champika Ranawake’s ancestors invented Zero.
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John / January 16, 2017
Ungrateful Vadda mullah,
Actually, the real racist is you even though you don’t know what racism is, not letting spoilt minorities to invade majority Sinhalayas only land is definitely not racism. John is fighting/correcting/educating the Sinhala-Buddhist bashers like you. It is still not too late for you to be integrated with the most morally superior ethnic Sinhalese.
Vadda, you don’t even know how Buddhism came to Sri Lanka. Learn the history first.
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Native Vedda / January 16, 2017
Johnny boy
“John is fighting/correcting/educating the Sinhala-Buddhist bashers like you.”
Good.
Please Keep fighting your own shadow until you drop dead.
” It is still not too late for you to be integrated with the most morally superior ethnic Sinhalese.”
I don’t mind as long as the Sinhalese exclude the Sinhala/Buddhists racists (like you) from the main-stream confine them to Sinhala/BUddhist ghetto somewhere in the deep South.
“Ungrateful Vadda mullah,”
Why should I be grateful to you?
Did you ever wash my grandfather’s Amude?
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John / January 16, 2017
Life is going nowhere vadda mullah,
Certainly comprehension isn’t your thing.
The shadow is ignorants like you.
You should be grateful for lots of things sushi as free education, free health care, free land, security, etc,etc. Imagine you people are living with out those, probably you would be living in a pigsty.
You mentioned your grandfather’s Amude which could be a stolen one from Sinhalese.
You haven’t defined your version of racism yet.
John is well prepared to debate you with seriousness but, without your childish comments.
Now smile!!!
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Native Vedda / January 17, 2017
Johnny Boy
“You haven’t defined your version of racism yet.”
Isn’t it obvious?
You better look into the mirror, you will see the very epitome of a card carrying public racist.
“John is well prepared to debate you with seriousness but, without your childish comments.”
About what? What have you been doing in this forum since you started ranting a few months ago? Were they baby talks?
Why should I help you to learn debating techniques?
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Concerned citizen / January 16, 2017
Jim soft
The simple way to understand why Islam is the fastest growing religion(check google for data) is because the fundamentals are the same even after 1600 years, no addition or subtraction from what was practiced when it was introduced, where as Buddhism in Sri Lanka is going through a transformation every year, its seems they cannot stand the progress what Christianity and Islam is making, so they keep on adding new things every now and then.
Is it because they have realized the Buddhism cannot survive as a philosophy that now they are changing it to a religion, if someone is saying that this is not happening in Sri Lanka then they’re lying.
The Muslims in Sri Lanka never had any idea of taking over Sri Lanka as some monks claims; in the fifteen hundreds the Europeans were looking for a sea route to India as the entire land routes were conquered by Muslims, and even at that time people were traveling from the Middle East to Sri Lanka to see the Adams peak, if they had the slightest idea of conquering Sri Lanka for any significance, it would have been just cake walk, but at that time Buddhism and Buddhist were different so they didn’t have any issues, the Sinhala kings and king Senerath didn’t find any hostility or threat from the Muslims, rather they were considered part and partial of the then society, otherwise he could have used the Europeans to oust them once and for all.
The Muslims didn’t have any idea of taking over this country then nor now, if anyone is telling otherwise, it’s just paranoia and nothing else.
If they are successful, wealthy and their fertility rate is high, it’s because of their religion and what it teaches, so just accept the fact and move on.
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jim softy / January 16, 2017
Concerned citizen:
The simple way to understand why Islam is the fastest growing religion(check google for data) is because the fundamentals are the same even after 1600 years.
Islam is a religious cult. It is not a peaceful religion. Some western people get converted because they can have more than one wife. In asia, Women of other religions are kidnapped and get married to muslims by force. I heard in Sri lanka, marry school attending young girls by force.
What ever the fundamentals, you need to understand that muslims are stupid because they are not allowed to investigate and learn the truth. Only what the quran says and what the mosque said is true for muslims. Because of that, I can not agree with your argument that even after 1600 years it is the same.
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Kugan / January 16, 2017
Learn from British,the Mayer of London is Siddiq Khan his parents from Pakistan,and obviously Muslim that dosent stop him to be the job.
His policies and the character made him to elect as Mayer.not by his name or religion.he was just ordinary working class and knows really well what londereners are facing.
But in the west there is lot of anger and threats by extrim Muslims.
Accommodate and accept as citizens thats only way forward.
Save mother Lanka and carry that peace at last by so many sufferings,sacrifices and devastations.
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Dot / January 16, 2017
Why do we think that our knowledge of the religion we follow as people born to families of the religion has given us the God given right to talk on our religion .A comparative study or an input by an outsider who takes time to read and find out why my Christian Priest are not with the teaching of Christ makes me think .. May a priest join the orders of the religion but is lured away from the precepts due to his or her Ego ..such is the human side of the person ..but that does not mean we take affront if a person wonders what happened to our priest who not only seek their own vimukthiya but consider it their duty of care to lead us ..then starts the high demand of moral ground of role play before the public , the discipline demanded to curb reactions and confrontations and instant retort at banal level ..So I believe it happened to this Buddhist Monk may he be enlightened by the precepts of the Compassionate one and decide whether he can fit into the role demanded of him as a Priest … My belief that The Buddha was the most Compassionate one whose desire to over come dukha is so true for all times even this day of consumerism gone crazy is in no way contrary to my belief in Christ the Divine person who reached out to all by living with the lowly and showing us a way of life which was out in the open sans the grandeur of our time . So I can relate to this appeal to not to isolate the teaching of Islam as prejudicial to the teaching og rightful action thinking preached by the Buddha ..Let all beings be happy .My most compassionate friend was a follower of Islam and she did not discriminate when she went before a class of students as to their religion or ethnicity ..I always think how religion can really influence a person to be good when I think of her .May she rest in peace
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jim softy / January 16, 2017
USUF:
In the middle east, Jews have survived in the middle of a Muslim ocean. It looks christians are losing in the middle east. Muslims are doing it in every country. So, other countries need to be careful with muslims.
Read the following.
Christianity currently faces an existential crisis in its place of origin which is seeing an exodus of Christian migrants in the face of persecution and substantial socio-economic decline. The crisis is being overlooked or ignored by many states of Christian heritage and even by many churches. Few institutions have taken the opportunity to extend an interest in the crisis sufficient to alleviate the situation for the native Christian communities.
Since the emergence of Islam in the seventh century Christians in the Middle East have been persistently challenged to maintain their faith and communities in the region. However, in all the years of sometimes tense encounters, sometimes open conflict, and often relative inter-communal peace the Christians have never faced such a crisis as they have in the present. Since the end of the Cold War there has been a persistent struggle to retain a critical mass of population sufficient to retain more than a token presence and capable of acting in a variegated manner throughout Middle Eastern societies.
In the contemporary context the Christian presence can, to many observers, seem as something of an anachronism with the Middle East perceived as a Muslim ocean with an island of Judaism
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Deep in Thought / January 16, 2017
This is not the first article that this author has written on the subject of Buddhism and going by the last open-ended sentence, this certainly won’t be the last. One is therefore constrained to ask the question as to what the author’s true motives are in continuing to address such issues.
Is he attempting to demonstrate his knowledge and understanding of Buddhism to boost his own ego and self-image ?
Is he attempting to reveal the perceived weaknesses of Buddhism in the local context and by implication suggest that his own religion, Islam, is in some way ‘superior ‘ ?
Is he utterly oblivious to the intense anger and hatred he is continuing to generate among the Buddhists at Muslims and Islam by writing such articles ?
Does he really think that by writing such articles, he is making a significant contribution to the establishment of harmony and reconciliation between the Buddhist and Muslim Communities, which should be given the highest priority by all intelligent, right-minded Muslims ?
What is he hoping to achieve ?
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The Oracle / January 16, 2017
Deep In Thought
Spot on. He should look in his own backyard first , rather than continue to write articles on the Buddhist philosophy – often full of innuendo and subtle negatives. Does not help the cause of reconciliation or promote harmony .
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Concerned citizen / January 16, 2017
Jim softy
I am afraid it will be very difficult to reason things with you with the way your thinking works, so I rest my case.
In any case just google and see about the crusades and the man slaughters that followed and how things were different after the Islamic conquests, and how for thousands of years Christians and Jews were allowed to practice their religion with out any problem even after the crusade slaughtering of the Muslims in Jerusalem, this will tell you how tolerant and peaceful were the Muslims, things only started to bad after the creation of Israel in the 1940s and their manipulations conniving for their survival and got worst after the Afghanistan and Iraqi occupations.
So when you argue a point check all the facts before you put it on writing otherwise it only shows your ignorance on the subject matter..
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Common Sense / January 17, 2017
Clearly, corruption has an impact on the rule of law. It is interesting to note that recently in Saudi Arabia, King Salman said that the law equally applies even to the holder of the throne. He said so, in the process of implementing the law on a prince who was found guilty of murder. Whether a so called power to do anything and everything in the guise of a safron robe or abuse of political power is nothing but corruption.
What should be understood that countires like Sri Lanka are subject to the machinations of world politics. We know that Taliban, Alqaeda were creations of those who cannot mind their own business (experts in regime change as well) and it is they themselves who want to destroy it when such organisations turn against their creator. Let us not forget that the BBS (Gnanasara’s outfit) came into prominence with the issue of “Halal”. Apparently the supporters of Gnanasara “knew” intimate marketing details which no ordinary citizens were aware of (Obviously info fed by intelligence agencies). He had Visas to all the so called developed countries. When he became bigger than his boots those Visas were cancelled so as to appear Mr. Clean. With regard to continuation of funding it is anybody’s guess. This is why the outfit of Gnanasara and other off shoots are allowed to exist whether it is this regime or the former regime of Sri Lanka.
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