{"id":94876,"date":"2013-07-10T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T07:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=94876"},"modified":"2013-07-17T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T10:10:05","slug":"ban-the-bbs-an-online-petition-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ban-the-bbs-an-online-petition-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban The BBS &#8211;  An Online Petition Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/ban-the-bbs\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=system&amp;utm_campaign=Send%2Bto%2BFriend\">online petition\u00a0campaign<\/a><\/span> urging &#8220;ban the BBS&#8221; is launched today.\u00a0The petitioners say; The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bodu+Bala+Sena&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\">Bodu Bala Sena<\/a><\/span> has long been suppressing freedom and multiculturalism in Sri Lanka. Their actions, speeches and brutal approaches to other races and creeds in the island are not only undemocratic, but contain elements of Nazism. Under the guise of protecting Buddhism they are refusing others the right to practice and to live within the bounds of non-Buddhist life. Muslim shops are attacked, Halal packaging has been discontinued, Christian churches are attacked, and the Eucharist desecrated. Now the BBS wants to ban women from wearing the Niqab and the Burqa. This is not Buddhist, it is not decent, it is not human. Please sign this petition in solidarity with those who support basic dignity and the freedom to live within one&#8217;s chosen religious and cultural beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>To sign click <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/ban-the-bbs\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=system&amp;utm_campaign=Send%2Bto%2BFriend\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ban-the-bbs-an-online-petition-launched\/bbs-monks\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-94878\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-94878\" title=\"BBS Monks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/BBS-Monks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/BBS-Monks.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/BBS-Monks-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related posts;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Ban The Burqa And Niqab In Sri Lanka \u2013 An Online Petition Launched\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gotabaya-rajapaksa-ban-the-burqa-and-niqab-in-sri-lanka-an-online-petition-launched\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Ban The Burqa And Niqab In Sri Lanka \u2013 An Online Petition Launched<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":94878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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