{"id":171560,"date":"2016-12-13T17:01:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T11:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=171560"},"modified":"2016-12-27T03:14:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T21:44:34","slug":"muslim-parliamentarians-forum-wants-action-against-gnanasara-for-blaspheming-allah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslim-parliamentarians-forum-wants-action-against-gnanasara-for-blaspheming-allah\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Parliamentarians Forum Wants Action Against Gnanasara For Blaspheming Allah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-one MPs representing different parties have come together under the Muslim Parliamentarians forum to demand justice for the Blasphemy of their God Almighty Allah by Buddhist monk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Galagoda+Atte+Gnanasara&amp;x=14&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Galagoda Atte Gnanasara<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time the Muslim parliamentarians have banded together to protest against government inaction. T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslim-minsters-and-mps-write-to-president-on-buddhist-extremist-threats-to-muslims\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he previous occasion was when 16 of the 18 MPs signed a petition to President Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a>. MPs A H M Azver and late Abdul Cader of Kandy refused to sign the Aluthgama petition claiming it was politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>We publish below the letter sent to the President by the Muslim Parliamentarian forum:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Blsaphemy-of-their-God-Almighty-Allah-by-Buddhist-monk-Galagoda-Atte-Gnanasara-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Blsaphemy-of-their-God-Almighty-Allah-by-Buddhist-monk-Galagoda-Atte-Gnanasara-1.jpg\" alt=\"blsaphemy-of-their-god-almighty-allah-by-buddhist-monk-galagoda-atte-gnanasara\" width=\"639\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Blsaphemy-of-their-God-Almighty-Allah-by-Buddhist-monk-Galagoda-Atte-Gnanasara-1.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Blsaphemy-of-their-God-Almighty-Allah-by-Buddhist-monk-Galagoda-Atte-Gnanasara-1-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Blsaphemy-of-their-God-Almighty-Allah-by-Buddhist-monk-Galagoda-Atte-Gnanasara.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Blsaphemy-of-their-God-Almighty-Allah-by-Buddhist-monk-Galagoda-Atte-Gnanasara.jpg\" alt=\"blsaphemy-of-their-god-almighty-allah-by-buddhist-monk-galagoda-atte-gnanasara\" width=\"639\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Blsaphemy-of-their-God-Almighty-Allah-by-Buddhist-monk-Galagoda-Atte-Gnanasara.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Blsaphemy-of-their-God-Almighty-Allah-by-Buddhist-monk-Galagoda-Atte-Gnanasara-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/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":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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