{"id":42771,"date":"2012-05-26T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T10:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=42771"},"modified":"2012-05-29T23:16:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T23:16:48","slug":"buddhist-monks-want-to-demolish-a-muslim-community-building-in-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/buddhist-monks-want-to-demolish-a-muslim-community-building-in-colombo\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Monks Want To Demolish A Muslim Community Building In Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42772\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/buddhist-monks-want-to-demolish-a-muslim-community-building-in-colombo\/capture-dehivala\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42772\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42772\" title=\"Capture Dehivala\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Capture-Dehivala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protest - Photo S. P Ariyaratne<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong>Buddhist monks took to the streets yesterday again demanding the demolition of yet another Muslim community building in Colombo, claiming it was illegal,<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceylontoday.lk\/16-6873-news-detail-buddhists-monks-and-villages-protest.html\">Ceylon Today<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong>reports.\u00a0Meanwhile\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divaina.com\/2012\/05\/26\/news14.html\">Divaina<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0newspaper claims that the\u00a0building\u00a0is a illegal\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>cattle<\/strong><\/em><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><em><strong>killing\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>place belong to Islam fundamentalists.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over 250 protestors led by Buddhist monks including JHU monk Akmeemana Dayaratane (ex MP JHU), staged a demonstration yesterday in front of Galvihara Road, Dehiwala, calling for the demolition of the Madarasa \u2018Darul- Qur\u2019an lil Baranil Iman.\u00a0The protestors charged it is an illegal construction and a place where goats are scarified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the monks leading the protest claimed the Madarasa should be demolished as the Muslims had constructed it illegally; a claim many Muslims in the area are disputing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to this a member of the trustee board, Hizni Mohamed said the Madarasa named has been situated here for over 13 years. \u201cIt is a place mainly to teach and educate the children on religion and the Qur\u2019an,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the monks\u2019 claim that the Muslims were rearing goats and sacrificing them within the premises of the Madarasa, but nothing of that sort happened. \u201cIt is not an illegal construction. We have accurate deeds and the building has been there for so many years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Western Province UNP PC member Mujibur Rahman, this Madarasa has been frequented by the Muslims for 13 years and this problem of demolishing has begun all of a sudden. \u201cNothing illegal or unlawful is happening,\u201d he confirmed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Ceylon Today contacted the Mayor of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Municipal Council Dhanasiri Amaratunge said that a group of monks had complained to him regarding an illegal construction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI sent a team to inspect the area and we have found that the Madarasa is an illegal construction and we have summoned them to court on Monday. Even before the legal aspect could be done the villagers and the monks have begun a protest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":42829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[2614,2615,2613,2563],"class_list":["post-42771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","tag-attack-dehivala-muslim-building","tag-attacks-on-muslims","tag-attacks-on-muslims-in-sri-lanka","tag-mosques-attacked-in-sri-lanka-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buddhist Monks Want To Demolish A Muslim Community Building In Colombo  - 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