{"id":123959,"date":"2014-05-02T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T08:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=123959"},"modified":"2014-05-18T04:35:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T23:05:21","slug":"muslim-minsters-and-mps-write-to-president-on-buddhist-extremist-threats-to-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslim-minsters-and-mps-write-to-president-on-buddhist-extremist-threats-to-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Minsters And MPs Write To President On Buddhist Extremist Threats To Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Muslim Ministers and MPs wants the President’s immediate intervention to stop the harassment of Muslim lDPs\u00a0who have lived in different parts of the country as refugees and as a ‘Forgotten’ people over the last 23 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"AHM<\/a>

AHM Fowzie<\/p><\/div>\n

16 out of the 18 Muslim parliamentarians had asked the president to intervene and halt the hate campaign against Muslims<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Except\u00a0AHM Azwer and ARMA Cader, all other Muslim parliamentarians have\u00a0<\/span>singed the letter sent to the President Rajapaksa.
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“We the Muslim parliamentarians wish to bring to your Excellency’s kind attention the continued hate campaign, intimidation and threats to Muslims, carried out by some Buddhist extremist elements of the <\/span>Bodu Bala Sena<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(BBS), Sihala Ravaya<\/span><\/a> and Ravana Balakaya<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>organisations.\u00a0<\/span>These groups have been targeting Muslim places of worship, Halal food, the Muslim attire and now the resettlement of the Muslim lDPs who were expelled by the LTIE in 1990 in the worst act of ethnic cleansing in the history of our nation.”\u00a0<\/span>they wrote to the President.<\/span><\/p>\n

We publish below the letter in full;<\/p>\n

April 25th 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa,<\/span><\/p>\n

The President,<\/p>\n

Office of the President,<\/p>\n

Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka, Temple Trees,<\/p>\n

Galle Road,<\/p>\n

Colombo- 03.<\/p>\n

Your Excellency,<\/p>\n

We, the Muslim parliamentarians wish to bring to your Excellency’s kind attention the continued hate campaign, intimidation and threats to Muslims, carried out by some Buddhist extremist elements of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), Sihala Ravaya and Ravana Balakaya organizations.<\/p>\n

These groups have been targeting Muslim places of worship, Halal food, the Muslim attire and now the resettlement of the Muslim lDPs who were expelled by the LTIE in 1990 in the worst act of ethnic cleansing in the history of our nation.<\/p>\n

Your Excellency, these Muslim lDPs were labeled as “old lDPs” and did not even benefit from the resettlement scheme implemented by the Government and International Agencies including the cash grants provided by the UNHCR.<\/p>\n

In the absence of any substantial support for their resettlement, the Muslim religious, political and civil society leadership has been soliciting support for their resettlement from benevolent donors of Muslim countries and individuals. There has been some positive response from some of these donors and a number of houses have been constructed with their support.<\/p>\n

These houses have been constructed following all due procedures of land distribution through the Divisional Secretariat and the Presidential Task Force for resettlement. The Bodu Bala Sena and some sections of the media are highlighting this resettlement now as illegal, stating that they have encroached the Wilpattu National Park.<\/p>\n

We the undersigned kindly request Your Excellency’s immediate intervention to stop the harassment of these lDPs who have lived in different parts of the country as refugees and as a ‘Forgotten’ people over the last 23 years.<\/p>\n

We thank Your Excellency for your kind intervention.<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely<\/p>\n

AHM Fowzie, Rauf Hakeem, ALM Athullah,\u00a0Rishad Bathiudeen,\u00a0Basheer Segu Dawood,\u00a0Kabir Hasim,\u00a0Faizer Mustapha,\u00a0MS Thowfeek,\u00a0Faisal Cassim, Hassan Ali,\u00a0MSM Aslam,\u00a0MHM Haleem,\u00a0MLAM Hisbullah,\u00a0Unais Farook,\u00a0Mustapha Bawa Farook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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