{"id":39243,"date":"2012-04-21T04:47:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T04:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=39243"},"modified":"2012-04-21T16:13:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T16:13:20","slug":"monks-laymen-in-sri-lanka-protest-erecting-mosque-hindu-temple-inside-buddhist-sacred-zone-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/monks-laymen-in-sri-lanka-protest-erecting-mosque-hindu-temple-inside-buddhist-sacred-zone-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Monks, Laymen In Sri Lanka Protest Erecting Mosque, Hindu Temple Inside Buddhist Sacred Zone &#8211; Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By\u00a0Associated Press &#8211;<\/h3>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_39151\" style=\"width: 314px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankan-mosque-forced-to-abandon-prayers-by-protesters-bbc\/mosque\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39151\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39151\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39151\" title=\"mosque\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mosque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mosque.jpg 304w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mosque-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddhist monks were also involved in the protest<\/p><\/div>\n<article>COLOMBO, Sri Lanka \u2014 Thousands of Buddhist monks and lay supporters have protested the construction of a mosque and a Hindu temple being built in an area designated as a Buddhist sacred zone.Local journalist Kanchana Ariyadasa says about 2,000 protesters, including 300 monks, shouted slogans and waved the Buddhist flag Friday in the central town of Dambulla.<\/article>\n<p>Monk Inamaluwe Sri Sumangala Thera said that the construction area was inside the Buddhist sacred zone and that erecting houses of worship for other religions there was illegal. He demanded the authorities stop the construction immediately.<\/p>\n<p>About 7 percent of Sri Lanka\u2019s 20 million people are Muslims. 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