{"id":98041,"date":"2013-07-31T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T06:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=98041"},"modified":"2013-08-06T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T11:18:13","slug":"bodu-bala-sena-to-recommence-its-battle-against-halal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bodu-bala-sena-to-recommence-its-battle-against-halal\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodu Bala Sena To Recommence Its Battle Against Halal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bodu+Bala+Sena&amp;x=12&amp;y=0\">Bodu Bala Sena<\/a><\/span> will recommence its battle against the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Halal+Certification&amp;x=6&amp;y=7\">Halal Certification<\/a><\/span> to root it out entirely from the country, one of the organisation&#8217;s leading monks has pledged.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_98042\" style=\"width: 134px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bodu-bala-sena-to-recommence-its-battle-against-halal\/galagoda-atte-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98042\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98042\" title=\"Galagoda atte\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Galagoda-atte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-98042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Galagodaaththe Gnanasara<\/p><\/div>\n<p>General Secretary of the BBS, Buddhists monk\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Galagoda+Atte+Gnanasara&amp;x=9&amp;y=6\">Galagodaaththe Gnanasara<\/a><\/span> said that although the group had stepped away from the battle against Halal because of the intervention of the Maha Sanga, the problem has not yet been resolved.<\/p>\n<p>He said that although the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=All+Ceylon+Jamiyyathul+Ulama&amp;x=12&amp;y=4\">All Ceylon Jamaiythul Ulema<\/a><\/span> had promised to remove the Halal logo from products in the Sri Lankan market that promise had been broken. 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