Saturday, 28 June 2014 00:08
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The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka says it is shocked and dismayed at the verbal diatribe against the Muslim religious, civil society and political leadership on the mainstream and social media carried out by Minister Champika Ranawaka.
In a letter to the Minister, a copy of which was made public yestedray, the Muslim Council said that they had restrained themselves from commenting on the relentless allegations the Minister has been hurling against the Muslims due to the positive interaction they have had with him and the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU).
However the Muslim Council says they have been compelled to now respond to some of the comments made by the Minister.
The Muslim Council rejected the allegation by the Minister that a mob of 3000 Muslims had been armed and were waiting to unleash violence on Sinhalese on the 15″‘ of June in Aluthgama. “You do not unequivocally condemn the violence by all parties on that day, which can amount to tacitly condoning the violence unleashed, and your silence as a Minister in Government in not calling for an impartial enquiry where all perpetrators are brought before the law is disappointing to all law abiding citizens of this courtly,” the Muslim Council said.
The Muslim Council also said that the allegations by the Minister that there are many ‘extremist’, ‘fundamentalist’ and ‘jihadist’ Muslim groups in Sri Lanka, illegally funded by foreign forces is a serious indictment on Sri Lanka’s State intelligence apparatus.
In the letter to the Minister, Muslim Council says it is regrettable that a senior politician of his caliber has picked up the hate campaign front the bloodied hands of the Bodu Bala Sena’s Venerable Galabode Aththe Gnansara thero.
The Muslim Council also said that the total misinformation campaign by the Minister amounts to hate speech targeting the Muslim community and can have dangerous repercussions.
