Residents say the temple bells in the nearby Buddhist temple rang out before the Grandpass Muslim Prayer Centre attack took place this evening. The residents said the crowd of about 10 monks and at least 50 people gathered at the temple. Ravana Balaya has denied involvement in the attack and residents claim many of the monks were from the area temple.Upto five people injured including two policemen so far.
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The Ravana Balaya group called for its relocation within one month. Security forces personnel have now been stationed around the mosque to assist the police to keep calm.
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Shafraz Nizamdeen / August 10, 2013
Ones I was asked by my teacher, whether it is angulimala or his teacher was wrong. I told her that it was The Teacher n she said otherwise.
But now I understand that we both were wrong.
Its those who got killed was wrong. Fortunately the load Budda (One of the greats of this world) escaped with his super natural powers.
We really need Load Budda here at this time!!!
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Native Vedda / August 11, 2013
Shafraz Nizamdeen
“We really need Load Budda here at this time!!!”
I vehemently object to your request.
Buddha was a good teacher.
The Sinhala/Buddhists would turn him into another Mervyn Silva/Gota combined.
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veddacousin / August 11, 2013
I didn’t see an anglophile vedda in the kelepojja or at the celebration organized by your mahahoora but sponsored by the government the other day. Where were you trousered Vedda? All that I noticed were Sinhalized Vedda children, men and women. Tell us what type progeny you have, eh. At this rate there will be no vedda in Sri Lanka soon.
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Native Vedda / August 11, 2013
veddacousin
“At this rate there will be no vedda in Sri Lanka soon.”
That is why you should go home, North/South India. When you go please take your Sinhala/Tamil brethren with you.
Bye
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Safa / August 10, 2013
uddhist temple being used as a staging point to attack other people? How bold than these fake monks get?
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UPALI Wijewardene / August 11, 2013
Its time that these bloody blood thirsty rogues in robes are derobed or we will not have Buddhism in this country. This is a government organized attack on the Mosque to deviate public attention from the Welweriya shooting. May all the gods protect Sri Lanka
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zarudeen / August 10, 2013
Islam or any faith is in heart of the people not in the building or symbols. Nobody can destroy it. When you hurt people they get more stronger. Remember a minority in one country could be majority in the world. Now the world is watching you ..
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Hameed / August 11, 2013
OK.. now u pray with out mosques then
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PEACELOVER / August 10, 2013
If you all watch this , then will realize how much BUDHIST KAAVI TERRORISTS ARE CRUEL AND BARBARIAN hiding under ‘ kaavi saree “..
if all of our Buddhists stop giving them FREE FOOD AND FREE LODGING then these kaavi terrorists will come to know how worthy life is and the hardhip of earning to live in this world…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My94afPuWgg&feature=youtu.be
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Burt / August 11, 2013
I don’t think the real buddhist monks that preach and life off what people provide are the problem. The problem is with monks who have used religion and the protection it provides to cheat the public and gather wealth.
Drug dealears and politicians have seen this weakness and are using it to the maximum. They get recognition in society through the monks and the monks are becoming stinky rich.
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Savyasasin / August 10, 2013
What a lot of psycho racists these monks are.
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D.E.M. OCRACY / August 10, 2013
THESE YELLOW ROBED TERROSIST SHOULD BE BANNED. THEY WILL BE VERY VERY SAD IF THESE MONKIES DONT STOP THEIR MONKEY PRANKS AS THE MUSLIM NATIONS WORLDWIDE WILL DESTROY THEM.
I SUPPOSE THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE SO CALLED DEFENCE SECRETARY. WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT DOING ABOUT THIS.
AND I SUPPOSE RAUF HAKEEM IS SLEEPING AS HE PREFERS TO HAVE HIS ILL GOTTEN WEALTH AND SUPPORT A MURDEROUS GOVERNMENT THAN STAND BY HIS COMMUNITY AND HIS GOD. SHAME SHAME RAUF HAKEEM, YOU NEED TO BE STONED.
THIS IS THE RAJAPAKSE GOVERNMENT TALKING MIGHTY ABOUT ANIMAL SLAUGHTER AND SLAUGHTERING HUMANS ….. WELIVERIYA AN EXAMPLE.
FURTHER THE SEASON OF RAMADAN AND IS THIS WHAT THIS BUDDHIST TERRORIST ARE DOING???? LORD BUDDHA MUST BE SOUMERSUALTING IN DISGUST AT WHAT THESE DOWNRIGHT PARIAH BASTARD ARE UPTO.
COME ON MR. PRESIDENT DECLARE A PRESIDENTIAL DECREE BANNING MONKS FROM EXTREMISM AND POLITICS….. IF YOU HAVE A BACK BONE.
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mohamed / August 10, 2013
That hypocrite hakeem and all other muslims politicians will not utter a word unless they have an advantage for themselves in doing so. Therefore this has to sorted out by the general public muslim and non muslim who are against violence promote peace.
If an end is not brought about to this issue in a short time, the consequences will be detrimental and disastrous to the economy and the country.
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Medalankara de Choppe / August 14, 2013
DEMOCRAcz, you must be crazy to think that they can be banned.No break their feet and arms and throw them in to the ponds where lions and Tigers live at Dehiwala.After all the people have to spend money to feed the animals. Let us feed the real animals with two legged ones
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Dhaksha / August 10, 2013
Using their own temples to ring out hatred and cheer saffron robed thugs. This is the face of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, where a minority group of hate mongers from the majority, rule, and attack places of worship, businesses, and homes, with impunity. What a sad state of affairs in this country. Terrorist monks and their followers calling the shots, and taking the law into their own dirty hands. What a shame it has come down to this, Sri Lanka.
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mohamed / August 10, 2013
Whatever hidden force pushing these barbaric thugs to destroy the peace in this country should realize they r only tarnishing the image of bhudism while making many international enemies. V should remember one thing. Muslims never asked for a part of this country nor they asked for superiority. Muslims like to live in peace. Once our priced possession ie is our religion is at stake. We will march forward only for the sake of our religion at any cost. We live for the sake islam and we certainly are ready to die for Islam. V don’t look for any material gain.
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zafar / August 11, 2013
Mohamed expressed a good thought, but unfortunately many in Lanka do not reflect that thought. Why the priced possession of a religion be at stake, it is because some posing as religious leaders in Lanka are putting a “price” on it and exploiting for their petty personal gains.
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SInhalaya / August 10, 2013
all the problems are started with muslim fundamentalists, they want to destroy the buddhist society in sri lanka and build mosques in every where, that should be stopped.
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kp / August 11, 2013
you complain about muslims building mosques ‘everywhere’, but when people go and build temples in the north and east by grabbing local lands, people like you are nowhere to be seen. before questioning other people, look to your own.
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Amila / August 11, 2013
Buddhism preaches to speak true not to lie, today our monks try to show Buddhism as a barbaric religion to the world for the money from Norway. Anyway destroying minority religious place is against Buddhism. Loving Buddhism is not supporting illegal and terror activity in the name religion. we should speak true. we should not believe the speculation and all the nonsense false allegation as a good Buddhist. what this extremist monks preach are false intending to rouse communal disharmony. Any way we did not learn any lesson from 30 years war. supporting to racism lead our country to another Iraq or Syria. we all finally perish in the racism and inviting global terrorist to this country.
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Toka - just human-no race no religion / August 11, 2013
To make a long story short…
US and western powers are under attack from Islamic terrorists. They want to divert this terror attention to others. Best is Asia who is an Economic threat to west. The majority religion in Asia is Buddhism. Its the best if Buddhists and Muslims fight. Then the west will be left in peace and Asia will perish. West will benefit economically and will make money while selling arms to both Buddhists and Muslims.
Just think…. Myanmar Buddhists attacked after America re-established ties with Myanmar. BBS in Sri Lanka is funded by Norway….who has a strong fear of “Islamization of Europe”. Motives of “Anders Behring Breivik” is clear evidence. So our Racist and idiotic Sinhalese along with Racist monks are driving this country on an American agenda to a never ending war.
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Sharia Boy / August 11, 2013
How can building mosques destroy Buddhist society ??
Irrespective of the physical structures every inch on the surface of this earth is Halal for Muslims as a place of worship. So don’t even dream of catching up..
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Ananda Thero / August 11, 2013
Can’t you see what these Saffron Terrorists are doing? The Buddha’s Balu Sena skin headed Monk-eys (punks) are Buddhist Saffron Terrorists. Buddhism is nothing but Barbarism and should be banned all over the world. These Buddhist Saffron Terrorists should be hung upside down and shot like dogs and all the Buddhist temples should be demolished and destroyed. A Barbaric religion such as Buddhism should not be allowed to continue in this world because it is producing more and more Saffron Terrorists.
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Never4getyrpast / August 11, 2013
The saying, “Sinhalayo Modayo Kawung Kanda Yodayo” aptly coined by your very own, aptly describes people like you!
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mike / August 11, 2013
Sinhalaya (Modaya) – you guys want to set up brothels, casinos, night clubs and all the vices which are too numerous to mention, and you talk of Buddhist culture/society?? Get lost, idiot.
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mawahib / August 10, 2013
Temple bells are Rang to call for barbaric thugs. “Is this a Buddhism”
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jayantha / August 10, 2013
What a Joke……..Just three days after Three Rajapakse Brothers had Iftar dinners with the Muslim community and with foreign Diplomats in hotels, at Araliya Gaha and community Halls.
Let’s see how the Staged drama is been unfold.
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Native Vedda / August 11, 2013
Jayantha
Where is JimSofty?
Did you see him half raised sarong among the mob?
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veddacousin / August 11, 2013
I was there.
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Native Vedda / August 11, 2013
veddacousin
“I was there.”
How much did you make?
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jayantha / August 11, 2013
Native Vedda,
You ask……..Where is JimSofty?……May be he is having his dessert.
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SORRYSTATE_SL / August 11, 2013
These are just Rajapakshe short sighted tactics. He would not see no mercy when attacking people. Now we the majority sinhalayas should finally feel how the war end phase could go with our fellow tamil cilians. This is a great lesion for us all to learn how this megalomaniac – handles grave issues. Not few days passed since lanken forces took the lives of innocient youth that perhaps joined the protests asking clean water to drink – but they the rulers brutally attacked those protesters, as no any other leader had done in the past since independence in the country, so today the attack in grandpass, surely they would not investigate properly. This country has gone to dogs to this day. No respect to any human beings under the governance of Rajapaskes.
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Zuhair Hussain / August 11, 2013
Mr sinhalaya as per your comment building mosques are destroying buddism ..then what about growing numbers of bars, brothels, and drug traffickers. Your talking pure racism
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faizal meedin / August 11, 2013
wow!what a way to divert the attention from waliweriya.
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jehan / August 11, 2013
allahs test will come, be strong muslims, we will win eventually. Be warned Buddhist you are a small speck in the world, what will happen to your wifes,daughters,sisters if u even fullishly do what you did to the tamils in 1983. working in arab countries.Do you think thay will be safe.
your monks who dont have wifes or daughters wont feel the pain,you will.
Dont get caught up in this plot by MR & Gota for votes, Muslims will be in the country long after these idiots are dead.Destroying mosques will
cause your temples to be destroyed also, even in india your holy places wont be safe. bbs and there likes will be destryed-look at hitler. kharma
dont touch the muslims if you want peace,we are not tamils, we will finish what you start.
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jehan1 / August 11, 2013
allahs test will come, be strong muslims, we will win eventually. Be warned Buddhist you are a small speck in the world, what will happen to your wifes,daughters,sisters if u even fullishly do what you did to the tamils in 1983. working in arab countries.Do you think thay will be safe.
your monks who dont have wifes or daughters wont feel the pain,you will.
Dont get caught up in this plot by MR & Gota for votes, Muslims will be in the country long after these idiots are dead.Destroying mosques will
cause your temples to be destroyed also, even in india your holy places wont be safe. bbs and there likes will be destryed-look at hitler. kharma
dont touch the muslims if you want peace,we are not tamils, we will finish what you start.
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Alan / August 11, 2013
Brothers religions never taught violence and Religions teach about peace. We majority of Sri Lankan’s believed in peace. There are ver very few uneducated barbaric quality people among us, who can be religious leaders or civilians doesn’t matter who create violence between the community.
Now the situation in the world is very dangerous………..all the muslim countries are under war and fighting each other. Also most of the muslim countries are rich because of oil. There are 1.6 billions muslims living around the world, there are many organizations running under them. Like Thaliban, Hamas, Hisbullah, Al-qaida and there are many groups in pakistan etc. all are very dangerous groups in the world.
Hope the Sri Lankan friends understand the fact……………..who believed in peace.
Comment of Mohamed; Hope guys understand the fact.
Muslims like to live in peace. Once our priced possession ie is our religion is at stake. We will march forward only for the sake of our religion at any cost. We live for the sake islam and we certainly are ready to die for Islam. V don’t look for any material gain.
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I am no Muslim / August 11, 2013
Alan says, ‘Muslims like to live in peace.’ But the Koran commands Muslims to fight unbelievers until they are either dead, converted to Islam, or in a permanent state of subjugation under Muslim domination. Allowing people of other faiths to live independently of Islamic rule is not an option. Just look at Muslim majority countries. Pakistan Suni Muslims not just kill Christians on various pretext but Shia and other Muslim of rival sects. That’s the Islamist up bringing.
Koran 8:39 say, “And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism) whole of the world. But if they cease (worshipping others), then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do.”
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Alan / August 11, 2013
I am no Muslim,
There is no country exist in the world with Islamic rules….even in KSA. KSA is a dictatorship (King rule) country.
Your quote of Quran verse is not applicable and you should read the full verses of that Quran with context to understand it.
We are talking about Sri Lankan issues…..There are no violence carried out by Muslims in Sri Lanka so far. I hope you wanted this to happen in Sri Lankan as well. I feel you want your children to live under ethnic violence…………..
I am no Muslim…you should read my comment again…….
“Alan says, ‘Muslims like to live in peace”, it is your quote………..
This is my comment…………..
We majority of Sri Lankan’s believed in peace. There are ver very few uneducated barbaric quality people among us, who can be religious leaders or civilians doesn’t matter who create violence between the community.
So…it is very clear that you are one of the racist…….who don’t understand the fact……….and your brain has been washed. You don’t have enough memory think yourself. Ashamed on you guy……
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Alan / August 11, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy9tNyp03M0
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Probono Publico / August 11, 2013
who the hell are the damm monks to demand the mosque to be relocated?
the Buddhist Monks are very nicely playing into the hands of the world community in portraying them as a racist intolerant bunch
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Kami / August 11, 2013
IT WAS EXPECTED SOME SORT OF DIVERSION WILL TAKE PLACE FROM WELIWERIYA AND LOOKS LIKE THIS IS WHAT AND CAN GUESS WHO IS BEHIND IT!
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suramaya / August 11, 2013
People like Mohammed and Ghanthasara theros will kill each other but call their Religions peaceful. Peace and Violence can’t coexist. Leave Gauthama Siddhartha out of it. He never started any religion because he saw the vanity of it.
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Benjamin / August 11, 2013
Jim Softy is lending his Axxxxxxxxxxxs as means of alms
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Jelly Bean / August 11, 2013
Muslims get the F’out of our country, go breed somewhere else.
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Never4getyrpast / August 11, 2013
Jellybean, its high time you fast and you will soon fast since the money for food is not coming from any other than islamic countries – shortsighted fools like you are destroying a peaceful country. Guys like you dont have a religion thats why you mouth 4 letter words, jump from bed to bed, gamble, booze (intoxicated I have heard fools like you mouth foul words of Lord Buddha). How could muslim mosques destroy Buddhism if you guys practice what Lord Buddha preaches. Its a shame that some of this robed ones practice all what I have aforesaid – I have seen with my own eyes how women are taken into the temple precincts to satisfy the robe ones; how liquor, meat, is consumed by the robed ones; murder, rape, sex, is running haywire and destroying our country because of guys like you; I wont be surprised if you too are one of those!
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gaje / August 11, 2013
SHAME ON BUDDHISM!
SHAME ON PRIESTHOOD!
SHAME ON SINHALESE!
Hatred, violence, jealousy, lying, alcoholism, womanizing/ child abuse are against Buddhism, but many of these politicized extremist priests do all that knowing well that the government will safeguard them!
JUST BECAUSE A HANDFUL OF extremist psychopaths are driving the masses to insanity! Hitler did it, prabhakaran did it. So did many dictators! The sinhala Buddhists are shamed by these psychopaths unless the masses standup NOW and go against them!
IT HAS TO BE SINHALA BUDDHISTS WHO CAN DO IT WITHOUT BEING PASSIVE IN YOUR ATTITUDE!
A few point in this midst.
1. The extremist LTTE Supporters and a few christians should stop taking advantage trying to hammer all Sinhala Buddhists! It is we sinhala Buddhists at the helm trying to uproot this Hitler! Do not try to bash all of us. It is the Sinhalese who are standing in support of Tamils (but not LTTE).Today. BBS is not synonymous with Sinhala Buddhists similarly Tamils are not synonymous with LTTE. Al Qaida is also not synonymous with Muslim.
2. Muslims, please do not retaliate!! They want you to react. They want another Black July 83 situation! The Muslims will lose a lot but in. The long term Sinhalese will lose the most. Tolerance an important Buddhist principle is important. None of the Gnanasara psychopaths even know that!!
3. The accountability of the law and government is crucial. Why are they not been arrested? What happened after Fashion Bug fiasco! What is the accountability of the leadership? When they promote this type of activity it will rebound on them one day! Sorry I did not realize they are short sighted!! Weliweriya is a reminder of how the Sinhalese too could behave in the midst of impunity!!
SUBHA ANAGATHAYAK!
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Never4getyrpast / August 11, 2013
Well said Gaje – They are destroying themselves; they dont realise it; the tamils and muslims need not retaliate they could just sit back and watch, but they should remember that they should always protect the good Buddists, who actually practice what Lord Buddha has preached
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Maghribi / August 11, 2013
Justice will be served for every crime committed in this world and in the next. Practicing Muslims must show restraint and put their complete trust in Allah. Attacking the sentiments and the emotions of the second largest community in the world is a bad move. Historically, the Islamic belief strengthens in adversity.
“When truth is hurtled against falsehood, falsehood perishes, for falsehood, by its nature bound to perish” (The Noble Quran 17:81)
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Never4getyrpast / August 11, 2013
Muslims are not and will not destroy Buddhism; will never ever attack the Buddhist brethren; since Buddhists are systemetically destroying themselves, the country and their future generation. Incidents like Weliweriya (whoever may be behind it) is not and was not created by a muslim, it was by Buddhists; they are killing, raping, that has become their Buddhist culture; The saying, “Sinhalaya Modayo, kavung kanda yodayo is being aptly demonstrated here! We had thirty years of war with the Tamils; who created it – a catholic convert to Buddhism for want of power and greed; its the same thing all over again! i appeal to the more sensible Buddhists destroy this menace before it destroys you!
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gaje / August 11, 2013
It is high time for the Asgiriya and Malwathu chapters to respond..to condemn all this! The paraiah priests have to be derobed! The Buddhists should be brought to their senses before mob reactions start! It is the duty of the High Priests to take action without being passive perpetrators. The BiG BOSS must respond immediately by coming on the media to condemn these actions and order the police to arrest and charge the perpetrators.
It is surprising why their henchman Vaas G was arrested! Is it to ensure law and order? I doubt it ! He probably took his own contracts.Without the bigwigs who used to share the booty! Like Shirani B he decided to get off the leash!! This is in contrast to the murder by the Tangalle politician who also killed who is Scot free!
Isn’t the meaning of the word SUBHA ANAGATHAYAK clear to you? They have converted a great phrase into absolute FILTH!
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Muliyawaikkal / August 11, 2013
Those who threw stones to Sinhala houses must also be arrested and punished.
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Rajo / August 12, 2013
Then it has to be you first.
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Al Gazzali / August 11, 2013
The reality of the world today – its political and economic reality, the reality of Money, the ominously emerging global society, war on Islam, oppression of Muslims, and most of all a Zionist State of Israel obsessed with a Messianic Mission of replacing USA as the ruling State in the world while imposing its political, economic and religious dominion over the Arabs-Asia as well as the rest of mankind.
The mysterious glue which bonded together these two hitherto hostile peoples emerged from the far-away Caucasus mountains. That alliance is today recognized as the Judeo-Christian Zionist alliance which has NATO as its military arm and which dominates most of the world, including most of the world of Islam portraying, misguide masses around the globe demonizing of Peaceful religion ISLAM via Media as Demons!( This is New World Oder of Gog & Magog facilitating the arrival of Messiah of Antichrist (Dajjal). These unrest in the entire world against region of Islam nothing but the end time Prophecy!
[edited out]
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Benjamin / August 12, 2013
@jelly bean the [Edited out] out of here and go to Bangladesh,,
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Benjamin / August 12, 2013
@ I am no Muslim- how many times you need to prove that not only-you have no faith ,no hope, you don’t have brains too, it all got flushed down..
high scholarship–taking contents out of context ,by copying & pasting ,,
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citizen silva / August 12, 2013
As a good buddhist, I appologise to all muslims brethren who were hurt, affected by this. This type of acts are not in line with buddhist principles and we reject the whole horde of saffron robes rascals who most erroneously call themselves buddhists – they are not!!!!
Real Buddisim is all about inner discipline – controlling your mind and thoughts to live in peace; inside and out, and has nothing to do with this flag waving mobs who call themselves Patriots. They are killing our island nation for their gains
o tempora o mores
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