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3 monks implicated in mob attack surrender

MONDAY, 01 APRIL 2013 21:06

Three Buddhist monks who had been implicated in the mob attack on a clothing outlet in Pepiliyana recently had surrendered to the Mirihana Police Station this evening, the police spokesman said

Police Spokesman SP Buddhika Siriwardane said that the suspected monks would be produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate tomorrow.

The warehouse of the ‘Fashion Bug’ clothing outlet was damaged in the attack that took place on Thursday (28) night.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/27560-3-monks-implicated-in-mob-attack-surrender.html

By Izeth Hussain

Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, the term "racism" has come into vogue. I myself have been using it for years, in preference to the term "ethnic" in connection with our famous ethnic problem. But otherwise it has been normally used in Sri Lanka only to allege "Tamil racism", the assumption behind which is that the Sinhalese of course have never been racist towards the Tamils, or towards anyone else for that matter. But now, in connection with the anti-Muslim hate campaign and the halal problem, - which involve Buddhist monks and a political party that is part of the Government - many including no less than the President have used the term "racism". There is therefore recognition among the Sinhalese power elite that there could be racists within their own ranks. I see this as a step or even a great leap forward, the beginnings of a possible sea-change, holding out promise for the future.

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The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) expresses its deep concern and strongly condemns the unwarranted attacks against the Muslim Business establishments and threatening the security and business interests of the Muslim community by some extremist groups.

Further, these extremist elements have gone to the extent of misquoting and misinterpreting our holy Quran.  They are also inciting violence against the Muslim community through blatant lies.

The Muslims of Sri Lanka have stood shoulder to shoulder with the Sinhala community against all threats from internal and external forces in upholding the sovereignty of Sri Lanka,

As such, we call upon the Government and the Secretary Defense to take immediate action against all groups perpetrating extremism and violence without prejudice and to ensure the maintenance of law and order.

N M Ameen
President
Muslim Council of Sri Lanka

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March 29, 2013

Leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and Minister of Justice, Rauff Hakeem, has requested President Mahinda Rajapakse to convene a cabinet meeting to discuss the rising religious unrest and civil disturbance in the country.

Minister Hakeem has also contacted all the Muslim parliamentarians including Senior Minister M H M Fowzie (who is currently out of the country) and Ministers Rishard Bathiutheen and A L M Athaullah for the meeting, with this regard.

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Several people have been injured in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, when Buddhist monks led hundreds in an assault on a Muslim-owned clothing warehouse.

Buddhist monks were filmed throwing stones at the storage centre of popular garment chain Fashion Bug in a suburb of the capital on Thursday night.

Police told AFP news agency that forces had been deployed to guard the area.

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28th March 2013

A hate campaign against Muslims and Muslim owned establishments in Sri Lanka continued today with a mob attacking a Fashion Bug warehouse at Pepiliyana.

The police said that at least 20 men led by some monks had initially carried out the attack damaging the building and property including a vehicle.

The group then grew into a large mob and the police were unable to control them as the attack continued for several hours with stones and other objects being used.

Army, police Special Task Force members and riot police were later deployed to the area to bring the situation under control.

Some journalists covering the incident were also attacked by the mob.

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පැපිලියානේ රෙදි ගබඩාවකට ගල් ප්‍රහාර

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2013 මාර්තු මස 28 22:11:42 | බිමල් ශ්‍යාමන් ජයසිංහ

පැපිලියානේ රෙදි පිලි සාප්පුවක රෙදිපිළි ගබඩාවකට ගල් මුල් ගැසීමෙන් අලාභ හානි සිදුවී ඇතැයි පොලිසිය කියයි. මහල් කිහිපයකින් වූ ගොඩනැගිල්ලට අද රාත්‍රියේ මෙම ප්‍රහාරය එල්ලවී ඇති බවත් හිමිනමක් ඇතුළු පස්දෙනෙකු රෝහල් ගත කළ බවත් පොලිසිය කියයි.

කැරළි මර්ධන හමුදාව සහ යුධ හමුදාව එක්ව කලබලය සංසිදවීමට උත්සහ කළ නමුත් රාත්‍රී දහය පසුවන විටත් මහජනයා තැන තැන එක්වී සිටියහ.

පහරදුන්නේ කවිදැයි පොලිසිය නොකියන අතර සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් මේ වනතුරුත් කිසිවෙකුත් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන නැත.

http://www.lankadeepa.lk/index.php/articles/105392

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Tension in Pepiliyana

THURSDAY, 28 MARCH 2013 23:32

A tense situation was reported from Pepiliyana this evening when a leading textile shop was attack by a group of people, sources said.

It is learnt that several people received minor injuries including a journalist from a private TV channel. The building and a vehicle were also damaged in the attack.

However, the police brought the situation under control.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/27384-tension-in-pepiliyana.html

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ජාතිවාදී, ආගම්වාදී එස්. එම්. එස් යවන්නන් සොයා පොලිස් මෙහෙයුම්

March 28, 2013 at 10:47 am | lanka C news

ජනතාව කුපිත කරවන ආකාරයේ ආගම්වාදී හා ජාතිවාදී හැඟීම් අවුස්සා කෙටි පණිවුඩ යවන පුද්ගලයන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් දුරකථන අංක 0112320145 හෝ 0112320141 දරන දුරකථන අංකවලට දැනුම් දෙන ලෙස පොලිස් මූලස්ථානය මහජනතාවගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියි.

එවැනි කෙටි පණිවුඩ යැවූ පුද්ගලයන් දෙදෙනෙක් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබේ.