{"id":174981,"date":"2017-03-14T00:51:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T19:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=174981"},"modified":"2017-03-15T00:17:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T18:47:35","slug":"ugly-head-of-islamic-radicalization-continues-to-terrorize-kattankudy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ugly-head-of-islamic-radicalization-continues-to-terrorize-kattankudy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugly Head Of Islamic Radicalization Continues To Terrorize Kattankudy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ugly head of Islamic radicalization which has been plaguing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kattankudy&amp;x=15&amp;y=8\">Kattankudy<\/a> for many years, has once again raised its head to terrorize innocent civilians in the area, with the latest incident seeing several people severely injured due to a clash between two groups, including the radical Thawheed Jamath, where the groups attacked each other with swords and knives on Friday during a lecture.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kattankudy-attack-Muslim-Islam-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kattankudy-attack-Muslim-Islam-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kattankudy-attack-Muslim-Islam-.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kattankudy-attack-Muslim-Islam--300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>However, despite the attempts to spread the radicalization, a large number of Muslims took to the streets today to protest the recent clash while demanding that the groups with the radical mindset leave and let the residents live in peace. Both old and young, including men and women holding placards demanded that \u2018Wahabi terrorism\u2019 stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want peace, we do not want Wahabi terrorism,\u201d the demonstrators said.<\/p>\n<p>Since the sword attack, police complaints have been lodged, and the police are carrying out investigations into the incident. Incidentally, on Sunday, two petrol bombs were also recovered from Karbala Road, Kattankudy. The bombs were discovered by a woman who was cleaning, and the police were later alerted on the discovery. It is still not clear if the bombs had any direct connection to the sword clash.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a group by the name of Ex Muslims of Sri Lanka (EMSL) called on the government and the defense authorities to take firm measures to free the nation completely from radical Islamic terrorist elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the excuse of &#8220;Islamic Missionary&#8221;, Sri Lankan Muslims are being indoctrinated with a fundamentalist, hateful and terrorist ideology by groups, organizations and individuals who are receiving foreign funds,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>The group went on to claim in a statement that one of the Islamic factions that was directly involved in the Friday violence is a pro ISIS \u2013 Islamic State organization, with members and supporters all around the Island. \u201cThe activities and preaching of such organizations have become a threat to the existence of ex Muslims around Kattankudy area,\u201d EMSL said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government and the defense authorities should pay strict attention and take serious actions against the activities of the foreign-funded Islamic groups, organizations, individuals and other elements in Sri Lanka, which directly and indirectly preach and support terrorism, fundamentalism and hatred among Sri Lankan Muslims. The general public including the peace loving Muslims should give their fullest support and cooperation to the government and the defense authorities by providing all the information and details known to them regarding the above matter,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":174983,"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-174981","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ugly Head Of Islamic Radicalization Continues To Terrorize Kattankudy - 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