{"id":164398,"date":"2016-06-25T17:38:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T12:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=164398"},"modified":"2016-06-25T17:38:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T12:08:38","slug":"muslim-council-calls-on-igp-to-take-action-against-bbs-gnanasara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslim-council-calls-on-igp-to-take-action-against-bbs-gnanasara\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Council Calls On IGP To Take Action Against BBS Gnanasara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Muslim+Council+of+Sri+Lanka&amp;x=12&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Muslim Council of Sri Lanka<\/span><\/a> (MCSL) has requested IGP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Pujith+Jayasundara&amp;x=8&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pujith Jayasundara<\/span><\/a> to initiate an inquiry and take action against Bodu Bala Sena\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Galagoda+Atte+Gnanasara&amp;x=8&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Galagoda Atte Gnanasara<\/span><\/a> for inciting hatred and threatening to unleash violence against the Muslim community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mcsl-raises-concerns-over-gnanasaras-threats\/gnanasara-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-130996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-130996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Gnanasara--232x300.jpg\" alt=\"courtesy Foreign Correspondents' Association of Sri Lanka Facebook page\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Gnanasara--232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Gnanasara-.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>In a letter addressed to IGP Jayasundera on 23rd June, President of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=N.+M.+Ameen&amp;x=11&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">N. M. Ameen<\/span><\/a> said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-bbs-gnanasara-back-in-action-promises-to-repeat-aluthgama-mayhem\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gnanasara was threatening to repeat the Aluthgama violence against the Muslim community<\/span><\/a>. \u201cHe is also threatening the police,\u201d Ameen said. The MCSL also provided a video copy of the hate speech by Gnanasara which was delivered by him in Mahiyanganaya on 21st June 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you are aware, two years ago on the 15th of June 2014, Ven. Gnanasara Threo incited the people of Kalutara district to cause violence, death and destruction to the Muslims of Aluthgama and Beruwela. The rioting caused the death of two persons, destroyed house and property and inflicted damages to businesses worth billions of rupees. The repeated calls by the Muslim community for a commission of inquiry and punish the perpetrators have fallen on deaf ears. Two years on, Ven. Gnanasara Thero is proudly claiming that he will repeat Aluthgama in Mahiyanganaya,\u201d Ameen said in his letter.<\/p>\n<p>MCSL called on the IGP to immediately initiate an inquiry against the threat and take necessary police action against the provocation to violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also once again call upon you, sir to conduct an inquiry against the Aluthgama riots against the Muslims and take necessary police action against the perpetrators. Ven. Gnanasara is proudly claiming responsibility for the violence in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Aluthgama&amp;x=6&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Aluthgama<\/span><\/a>. There is also ample video evidence to his provocation on the 15th of June 2014,\u201d Ameen added in his letter.<\/p>\n<p>On 21st June in Mahinyanganaya, Gnanasara threatened to unleash phase 2 of the Aluthgama mayhem against the Muslim community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":130996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Muslim Council Calls On IGP To Take Action Against BBS Gnanasara - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslim-council-calls-on-igp-to-take-action-against-bbs-gnanasara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Muslim Council Calls On IGP To Take Action Against BBS Gnanasara - 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