by Sri Lankan patriotic
With deep sadness and sorrow, I condemn this violent
act of uncultured and uncivilized gang who have attacked and damaged a Buddhist
statue in a suburb of Mawenella. This barbaric act must be condemned by all
civilised citizens of Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, different communities have been
living side by side without any religious violence of this kind for the last one thousand year. Buddhists live side by side
with Muslims. Muslims live side by side with Tamils. Likewise, Christians live
side by side with Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists. Yet, recently religious
violence has dramatically increased in Sri Lanka. Why and how did this violence
increase in Sri Lanka. We are now living in this virtual world of modern
technology. This modern technology with its all goodness has got some negative
sides too.
Today, radical ideologies and radical ideas are
spreading like a virus all over the world. Today, Ideas of radical Wahhabism,
Salafism, literalism are not confined to some Arab and Muslim countries rather
they are going around the world like virus. 99% of world Muslim community condemn violence
in the name of their religion. Islam stands for peace, compassion, mercy and
kindness and yet, some radical Muslims do not display these good qualities of
Islam rather they display violence and aggression through their barbaric acts
of violence as we have seen in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and many other
Muslim countries. There is no room in Islam for this barbarism.
A true
Islamic teaching welcomes and facilitates pluralism. 1400 Islamic history is an
historical proof to say that Muslim communities have been living with many
other religious groups side by side. For instance, persecuted Jews from Spain
sought refuge in Ottoman Empire and North Africa and some of these Jewish
communities are still living with Muslim communities. Likewise, Christian
communities have been living with Muslim community side by side for many
centuries. Likewise, Buddhist community lives side by side in Malaysia,
Bangladesh and some other countries. Why some radical Muslims cannot tolerate
pluralism and multiculturalism? Humanity today lives in a complicated and
closely interconnected world. So, pluralism is an inevitable social phenomenon
of this modern world. Globalization has made it as a modern reality of human
life. So, Muslim radicals must know all this. Moreover, The Holy Quran is very
much clear on this point. People will have different religions and ways.(Had
Allah willed, He would have made you one community? (5: 48).
So, pluralism
is a divine design. So, Muslim community should know this reality and get on
well with all other different cultures and religions. 99.9% of Muslims do that and yet, some
radicals do not accept this notion.
Whoever
has done this barbaric act they must be punished. We Sri Lankan Muslim
community request police to act swiftly on this issue. We do not tolerate this type of violence in
Sri Lankan soil at all. Neither Saudi form of religious extremism nor Afghan
form of extremism is welcomed by Sri Lankan Muslim community. if it is proved
that this is done by any Muslim group in Sri Lanka they must be punished
accordingly. I’m sure that all Sri Lankans will condemn this act.
Muslim
community in Sri Lanka has been working hard to promote peace and social
harmony in Sri Lanka for the last 8 years since BBS issue came up in Sri
Lanka. This incident has indeed, shocked
many of us. We hope that law enforcement agents act quickly before any
political party tries to make use of this for any political gain. There is no
any connection between this incident and politics.
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