Home A Malevolence Like Any Other: Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians and the Entrenched ‘Other’ Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Muslims after the Beruwela riots in 2014. In the recent past there have been more attacks on the Muslim population, though Christians too have not been spared.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Muslims after the Beruwela riots in 2014. In the recent past there have been more attacks on the Muslim population, though Christians too have not been spared.

Members of the Siva Senai protest the slaughter of cattle.  For thirty years a war was fought splitting the country on ethnic lines- the Sinhalese and the Tamils.  But now, fundamentalists on both sides (Sinhalese are mostly Buddhist, and Tamils mostly Hindu), are seeing the similarities in each other’s religions and joining hands against Muslims and Christians.
4.	All that remains of his home after the riots in Aluthgama in June 2014.  Each time a religious or ethnic community comes under attack, people killed and real estate is damaged, the government must pay compensation.  That comes from public funds which should be used to develop the country.

FOLLOW US

15,000FansLike
0FollowersFollow
1,000FollowersFollow
1,000SubscribersSubscribe
- Advertisement -

RECENT POSTS