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by Dr Rifai

This article should be read contextually with all previous parts. . It is not my objective to make any derogatory criticism of any community or any religion. An attempt has been made here to illustrate how Singhalese people have been sympathetic and companionate towards all other religious groups in the past. Though Portuguese and Hindu invaders from South India try to destroy cultural heritage of Singhalese Buddhist people during the colonial and pre-colonial periods, Singhalese kings offered unconditional supports and help for all other religious groups such as Christian, Hindi and Muslims people. I shall try to illustrate this point with historical evidence to show what BBS doing today is contrary to their cultural and religious history and teachings.

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At least 50 Rohingya Muslims are feared drowned after their boats capsized off western Burma, officials say.

The boats, said to be carrying about 100 passengers, were evacuating people ahead of powerful Cyclone Mahasen.

The vessels sank off Pauktaw township in Rakhine state late on Monday. More than 40 survivors have been found and eight bodies recovered.

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are living in temporary camps in Rakhine after violence last year.

The UN had called for an urgent evacuation ahead of the storm, warning that many areas where displaced people are now living are in low-lying coastal areas at risk of flooding or tidal surges.

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An Islamic perspective on Muslim - Buddhist dialogue

http://www.dailynews.lk/2013/05/13/fea27.asp

This important need is being increasingly felt today than ever before due to ever increasing violence and bloodshed , ethnic conflict, religious strife and many other challenges that are threatening the stable social order, peace and security.

Dr. M A M Shukri - Director Jamiah Naleemiah-Beruwala

Many conferences are being held in various part of the world in the form of Dialogue between Islam and Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Many Muslim and Christian Organizations on the part western world are playing a significant role in promoting understanding, dialogue and co-existence between Muslims, Christians and Jews, but very little attempts have been made to initiate a dialogue between Islam and other Oriental religions at International level.

The followers of oriental religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism constitute about half of the world population and the oriental religions had played an important role in shaping the spiritual traditions of humanity. The orient has a long history of peaceful co-existence between religions, except for few instances in which there had been frictions and conflicts due to reasons that are more political and economic and less motivated by religious impulses and more over conflicts of this nature are not the norm but exceptions.

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Saudi Arabia praises Iran for protecting the Red sea

May 12, 2013 at 10:54 am | lanka C news

The commander of the Navy of Saudi Arabia Dalil Al-Dro was full of praise for Iran for continuously  protecting  and looking after the Red sea it had given the whole are a much needed protection and surveillance

The Iran’s commander of the forces Rear Admiral Habbolan Sayari after meeting the Naval commander of Saudi Arabia had admitted after the surveillance there have been given enough security to the entire area from the sea robbers. Hence there is no danger from enemies.

The two have had talks to find more means of strengthening the security further.

http://lankacnews.com/english/foreign-news/saudi-arabia-praises-iran-for-protecting-the-red-sea/

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இலங்கை முஸ்லிம்கள் தனித்துவம் காப்பதோடு பெரும்பான்மை சமூகங்களுடன் சுமுகமான உறவுகளை வளர்த்துக் கொள்ள வேண்டும் !
கலாநிதி யூஸுப் அல் கர்ழாவி அறிவுறுத்தல்.

கட்டார் வாழ் இலங்கை முஸ்லிம்களின் அமைப்பின் அழைப்பின் பேரில் அங்கு விஜயம் ஒன்றை மேற்கொண்டிருந்த இலங்கை முஸ்லிம் கவுன்ஸிலின் தலைவர் அல் ஹாஜ் என் எம் அமீன், சர்வதேச இஸ்லாமிய அறிஞர்கள் ஒன்றியத்தின் இலங்கைப் பிரதிநிதி கலாநிதி மஸிஹுதீன் இனாமுல்லாஹ் ஆகியோருடனான குழுவினர் கலாநிதி யூசுப் கர்ழாவி அவர்களை அவர்களது டோஹா காரியாலயத்தில் சந்தித்தனர்.

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බුදු දහමේ නාමයෙන් අන් ජාතීන්ට හිරිහැර එපා - දලෙයිලාමා

මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයින්ට හිංසා කිරීම නවත්වන්නැයි බෞද්ධ භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාගෙන් තමන් ඉල්ලා සිටින බව ටිබෙට් බුදුදහමේ අධ්‍යාත්මික නායක දලෙයිලාමා තුමන් පවසයි.

මියන්මාරයේ සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මෑත කාලීනව මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයින්ට එරෙහිව ප්‍රචණ්ඩ ක්‍රියා සිදුකෙරුණු වග එතුමා සඳහන් කරයි.

එසේම මෙම රටවල් දෙකෙහි මුස්ලිම් ජාතීන්ට එරෙහි සිදුවූ ප්‍රචණ්ඩ ක්‍රියාවන්වලට භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා ප්‍රමුඛ බෞද්ධයින් වග කිව යුතු බව එතුමන් පෙන්වාදෙන බව විදෙස් මාධ්‍ය උපුටා දක්වයි.

මෙරිලෑන්ඩ් විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ 15,000 ක පමණ පිරිසක් ආමන්ත්‍රණය කරමින් දලෙයිලාමා තුමන් කරනු ලැබූ දේශනයක් අවසානයේ අසන ලද පැනයකට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් එතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළ වග AP පුවත් වාර්තා තහවුරු කරයි.

තමන්ගේම ආගමික නාමයෙන් සිදුකරනු ලබන සියලුම ඝාතනයන් තමන් හෙළා දකින බව ටිබෙට් බුදුදහමේ අධ්‍යාත්මික නායකවරයා එහිදී කියා සිටියේය.

මියන්මාරය තුළ ආගමික ගැටුම්කාරී තත්ත්වයන් හේතුවෙන් දහස් ගණනක පිරිසක් අවතැන්ව සිටින බවත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මෑත කාලීනව බෞද්ධ කණ්ඩායම් විසින් මුස්ලිම් ව්‍යාපාරික ස්ථානවලට පහර දීම් සිදුකෙරුණු බවත් දලෙයිලාමා තුමන් එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් සිහිපත් කර සිටියේය.

http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=33916

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STOP ATTACKS ON MUSLIMS – DALAI LAMA TELLS LANKAN MONKS

The Dalai Lama has implored Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to put an end to a series of recent attacks on Muslims in their countries. He said Buddhists, including monks, were responsible for recent violence against Muslims in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader spoke Tuesday night about religious violence when asked questions following a speech he delivered to 15,000 people at the University of Maryland. He condemned all killing being carried out in the name of religion and then turned to his own religion.

Myanmar has been wracked by sectarian violence that has displaced tens of thousands over the past year, while Sri Lankan Buddhist groups have recently attacked Muslim businesses, AP reports.

http://adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=22595

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Sri Lanka signed the annual Haj agreement with the Kingdom on Sunday, allowing Colombo to send 2,800 pilgrims.

Speaking to Arab News following the signing ceremony, Sri Lankan Minister for Urban Affairs Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fowzie, who held talks with Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar, explained that this year Sri Lanka was given the same quota of pilgrims as last year because of the ongoing development works in the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah.

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by Dr Rifai

There is no doubt that Muslims have been loyal citizens of Srilanka throughout Srilankan history. They fought with Sinhalese to protect the Island from the onslaught of colonial powers. Dewaraja notes that “when the Portuguese first appeared off the shoes of Srilanka, the Muslims warned the kings, sangha, nobles and the people of the potential threat to the country’s sovereignty. When the Portuguese tried to gain a foothold in Colombo, the Muslims provided firearms, fought side by side with the Sinhalese and even used their influences with South Indian powers to get military assistance to Sinhalese rulers. Through the intervention of the Muslims, the Zamorin of Calicut sent three distinguished Moors of Cochin with forces to help Mayadunne”. P. 50). This illustrates Muslim people’s loyalty to this nation and they defended this land with their lives against any foreign invasions. Muslim people did their best to get all help and support from Muslim world to protect

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Islamic culture and the challenge of Buddhist fundamentalism

April 30, 2013, 12:00 pm

World Literature: A Reader (Routledge, 2013) Editors: Prof. Cesar Domingues et al

Reviewed by Liyanage Amarakeerthi

When I heard about the Boston explosions I had many hopes. First, I hoped that my teacher, who is at Harvard, was safe. Second, I hoped no one was killed. Third, I hoped there was no any Muslim connection to the explosion. Finally, I hoped Boston, one of my favourite American cities, liberal, leftwing, cosmopolitan and intellectually bent, was not disrupted by any fundamentalist attacks, internal or external.

I found out soon enough that my teacher was safe. Sadly, some people died, including an eight-year old boy- someone from my son’s generation. America has its own fundamentalists. When it goes to war, America (Washington) itself is fundamentalist. International terrorism is a real problem and all fundamentalists are party to that terrorism. America’s not-so-democratic acts in the past also keep following like the cart behind the oxen as it has in a Dhammapada verse. In Sri Lanka too we have to be mindful of our collective Karma.

My third hope was much more Sri Lankan than personal. In Sri Lanka, Bodu Bala Sena (‘the army of Buddhist power’) – the newest and crudest version of Sinhala nationalism- is up against Sri Lankan Muslims, claiming that they are invading the social, cultural, economic spheres, pushing aside the Sinhala majority. I do not know the factual position. But the rhetoric seems to suggest something much more dangerous than the facts (even if they are correct) ever could. Some of the BBS (or of the populace attracted to the organization) accusations are really absurd: some Muslim-owned clothing store (a chain of shops in fact) is selling an incredible female underwear that makes Sinhala women barren. The argument is that this shop chain is part of a Muslim conspiracy to reduce the Sinhala population in the country.