Rise against Buddhist aggression in Sri Lanka!!! Muslims bear brunt of Buddhist extremism!!!

Sinhalese Buddhists in Sri Lanka have unleashed a brutal campaign against innocent Muslim men, women and children that has sent shockwaves across the world. What was supposed to be a ‘peaceful’ religion has rapidly spiralled into a violent, anti-Muslim ideology that has shown no mercy or kindness.

As everyone looks on, the minority Muslim population continue to face acts of aggression, including open insults against their religion, and yet despite the overwhelming consensus regarding the fundamentalist nature of the anti-Muslim rhetoric, a deafening silence still overshadows the entire event.

What is occurring in Sri Lanka today is a painful reminder of the hatred and animosity of the kuffar (non-Muslims), and in particular the mushriks (polytheists); it is also a confirmation of the Words of Allah in the Quran, who has given the Muslims a special insight into the nature of the disbelievers, that will never change:

“Certainly you will find the most violent of people in enmity for those who believe (to be) the Jews and those who are polytheists (Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs etc.)...” [5:82]

In these difficult times it becomes incumbent upon every Muslim to support their brothers and sisters in Sri Lanka as much as they can; particularly those nearby in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Maldives and Pakistan.
 

Abu Hurayrah (ra) narrated Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, “The Muslim is a brother to another Muslim he supports him and will not give him up to others (who will harm him).” [Bukhari]

It is also of utmost importance that Muslims in Sri Lanka do not compromise their religion. They should continue to strive to make the Deen of Allah (Islam) the highest, which includes conveying Islam as a complete way of life to non-Muslims in Sri Lanka and exposing the corrupt regime.

Indeed, the final Messenger Muhammad (saw) promised that the entire world will one day be governed by Islam and what we are witnessing in Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, Libya, Mali, Sri Lanka etc. are all a testimony to this fact.

It is only a matter of time before Muslims in Sri Lanka get the upper hand and implement the Shariah and become part of the global Islamic revolution to dominate the world by Islam (Izharudeen).

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Sri Lanka has been rocked in recent weeks by a growing wave of anti-Muslim sentiment led by ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks. According to one expert, the small island nation is suffering a profound and worrying identity crisis.

- By Charlotte Boitiaux, France

On the evening of March 28, a Muslim clothes trader watched as his warehouse was ransacked by an angry crowd of some 500 Sri Lankans. Buddhist monks among the attackers were filmed throwing stones at the Fashion Bug outlet in capital Colombo.

According to BBC reporter Charles Haviland, several people including a number of journalists recording the scenes were injured.

It was not an isolated incident. In the past few months, the number of attacks on the minority Muslim population (9 percent) in the Buddhist-dominated country has been growing.

As well as targeting shops, Muslims have reported vandalism against mosques as well as calls for a boycott on their products and services.

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, a junior coalition partner in the government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, has denounced the “hate campaign” being waged against Muslims which the authorities are blaming on a hard core of extremist Buddhist monks.

Islam ‘the invader’

The notion of hate campaigns goes against the grain of Buddhism’s image as a religion of peace and tolerance.

According to Raphael Liogier, a Buddhism specialist at the Aix-en-Provence Institute of Political Studies, Sri Lanka’s majority Buddhist community (70 percent) fears that Islam is muscling its way into the social and cultural fabric of the island.

“Sri Lanka’s entire identity is Buddhist,” explained Liogier. “Buddhism isn’t just a religion, it’s a profound cultural identity, a national identity.”

This identity is being undermined by Islam according to some hardliners, says Liogier.
“These fanatical Buddhist monks consider Muslims to be invaders who are threatening Sri Lanka’s soul,” Liogier said. “They believe they need to resist it.”

The epicentre of that resistance is radical political movement “Bodu Bala Sena” (BBS).
Considered an “ethno-religious fascist” group by Sri Lankan diplomat and political scientist Dayan Jayatilleka, BBS was created ten months ago and is experiencing “worrying success”, according to Liogier.

Collective paranoia

Exploiting an undercurrent of resentment within the Buddhist community in Sri Lanka, the BBS has extended its appeal into mainstream politics.

On March 11 the group’s political muscle was behind an order to remove the Muslim “halal” label from foods sold in the country - despite the fact that nearly all the meat in Sri Lanka is killed according to Muslim rules simply because it is the cheaper method.

For the Buddhist monks, being reminded every day that their meat was “halal” was an affront to their cultural identity.

The Muslim “All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama” organisation accepted the removal of the “halal” labelling from meat, stating that it did so to encourage religious harmony.

But despite the concession, Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority risks being put on the back foot by the growing Buddhist fanaticism in the form of the BBS.

“As with all religions, Buddhism has an extremist fringe that exploits collective paranoia,” said Liogier. “And in Sri Lanka it is the Muslim community that is bearing the brunt of this extremism.”

It remains to be seen if the tension in Sri Lanka is a flash in the pan or a sign of growing intolerance towards a persecuted religious minority that is spreading throughout Southeast Asia.

“What worries me is that we are seeing the same tensions and the same violence towards Muslims in Burma,” said Longier. “I worry that the Buddhist identity crisis affecting both Sri Lanka and Burma is deepening and that it will become a phenomenon seen across Southeast Asia in the coming decades.”

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