{"id":39823,"date":"2012-04-26T02:08:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T02:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=39823"},"modified":"2012-04-26T02:08:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T02:08:46","slug":"muslims-call-prayer-meeting-on-dambulla-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslims-call-prayer-meeting-on-dambulla-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims Call Prayer Meeting On Dambulla &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>BY BBC SINHALA &#8211;<\/div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/muslims-call-prayer-meeting-on-dambulla-bbc\/dambull-mosqe-protest-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-39825\" title=\"Dambull - mosqe protest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dambull-mosqe-protest3-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dambull-mosqe-protest3-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dambull-mosqe-protest3-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dambull-mosqe-protest3.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Muslims in Sri Lanka have said that the storming of the Jumma Mosque of Dambulla by a gang may negatively impact the reconciliation process among communities.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulama (ACJU) , an umbrella organization of Muslims in Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that while justice should be sought by legal means, Muslims should refrain from disrupting law and order by holding improper demonstrations causing inconvenience to the public and damaging public property.<\/p>\n<p>The Jamiyathul Ulama has called upon Muslims to collectively hold a fast on Thursday and on Friday against the incident.<\/p>\n<p>It has appealed to males to gather outside the mosques in their respective areas following Friday prayers and continue with prayers requesting \u201cAllah to show the straight path to those responsible for the wrongdoings and also protect those who are in just and upright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ACJU has said that it does not organize public protests or Harthals as a principle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Government Department of Information in a press communiqu\u00e9 said that the president, prime minister and the cabinet of ministers are concerned of the sensitivities of all communities and it has been decided to complete the Dambulla sacred city development plan without further delay.<\/p>\n<p>The communiqu\u00e9 further mentioned that a wide section of religious leaders, political leaders and security personal have been consulted on the matter and action will be taken without discrimination towards any of the parties involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Religious Intolerance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile a number of civil society activists and intellectuals have condemned the \u201cviolent attack on the mosque in Dambulla&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The signatories maintain that the mosque has been in existence for over 60 years and appeals to the President, state institutions and officials, and those in the executive to take appropriate action on the incident in Dambulla.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-war campaigner Vishaka Dharmadasa who was among the signatories said: \u201cwe have just come out of a long drawn war and as Buddhist we need to tolerate all religions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":39825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2201,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-from-foreign-media","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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