{"id":86250,"date":"2013-05-08T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T09:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=86250"},"modified":"2013-05-17T02:40:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T21:10:22","slug":"hate-incidents-report-muslims-continue-to-be-subjected-to-violence-and-persecution-often-at-the-hands-of-militant-buddhists-sfm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/hate-incidents-report-muslims-continue-to-be-subjected-to-violence-and-persecution-often-at-the-hands-of-militant-buddhists-sfm\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate Incidents Report: Muslims Continue To Be Subjected To Violence And Persecution Often At The Hands Of Militant Buddhists – SFM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sri Lanka\u2019s minority Muslims continue<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to be subjected to violence and\u00a0persecution, often at the hands of militant Buddhists, who are very active\u00a0at the\u00a0grassroots level. The Secretariat for Muslims<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(SFM) documented 21 incidents occurring from\u00a0January to March, and 54 incidents in March alone.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The SFM has now\u00a0documented all the incidents that occurred in April<\/a><\/span>, that range from\u00a0low-level harassment of Muslims,\u00a0venomous media statements, direct threats\u00a0to violence, attacks on mosques, death threats, business boycotts, and\u00a0property seizure, in what appears to be part of a growing campaign to\u00a0destroy Muslim communities or drive them into\u00a0exile.<\/p>\n

Intimidation aimed at other aspects of daily Islamic life is also now\u00a0disturbingly commonplace in Sri Lanka.\u00a0Men\u2019s beards, traditional\u00a0hijab\/veils by women have been condemned by extremists seeking to fuel\u00a0sectarian hatred.<\/p>\n

Much of this persecution is carried out with apparent impunity. An example\u00a0of this (and also the most notable\u00a0incident) was the attack on the\u00a0showroom cum warehouse complex in late March of the reputed, Muslim owned\u00a0apparel\u00a0firm \u201cFashion Bug<\/a><\/span>\u201d in the suburbs of Colombo, while police stood\u00a0and watched. Also of note is the arrest of Azath\u00a0Salley<\/a><\/span> on May 2nd. Salley\u00a0has been an outspoken critic of the BBS. His arrest was based on \u2018several\u00a0complaints\u2019 but\u00a0no clear charges, and clearly flouts international\u00a0conventions on minority rights and religious freedoms. According\u00a0to\u00a0Amnesty International, his campaigning to end oppressive practices against\u00a0minorities in Sri Lanka, in particular\u00a0Muslims and Tamils, has brought on\u00a0the ire of the Sri Lankan government.<\/p>\n

This document also includes incidents such\u00a0as mosques in Colombo being\u00a0threatened to close. Meanwhile, in Galle, Sinhalese landlords have forced\u00a0their Muslim\u00a0shop owner tenants to vacate their shops by the end of the\u00a0year. April also saw the launch in Batticaloa of a public\u00a0campaign calling\u00a0for a protest against Muslims. Similar campaigns have since been held in\u00a0other parts of the country.<\/p>\n

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Click here<\/a><\/span> to read the full document covering the incidents of April 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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