Sinhala extremists stir up anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lankan capital

Sinhala extremists stir up anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lankan capital

By K. Ratnayake
12 November 2002

Sinhala extremists fanned a minor local dispute over the extension of a Muslim religious school in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, into a major communal confrontation at the end of last month. Racist thugs looted and burned homes and businesses belonging to Muslims, prompting security forces to impose a three-day curfew throughout wide areas of the city. One person was killed and several others injured when soldiers fired on groups of Muslims.
The clashes began on October 30, one day before the second round of peace talks began in Thailand between the Colombo government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to seek an end to the country’s protracted civil war. The clashes are symptomatic of the tensions being stirred up by Sinhala extremist groups, which oppose any concessions to the country’s Tamil and Muslim minorities. In this charged atmosphere, literally any issue is being seized on to heighten communal animosity.
The confrontation took place in Maligawatte, an inner suburb that features a mixture of residences and small businesses. It is home to large numbers of poor Muslims and Sinhalese who are largely segregated in different areas, as well as small pockets of Tamils.
Local Muslims had established a religious school in 1999 on a tiny patch of land—about 50 square metres. In August, the school was planning to build an extension—with the permission of the city’s municipal council—after purchasing another small piece of land.
Buddhist monks from the nearby Bodhirajaramaya temple, backed by the Sinhala chauvinist party Sihala Urumaya (SU), immediately began to agitate against the construction, claiming it would infringe the rights of Buddhists. A number of small protests were held which police then used to file a court case against the planned building on the grounds that it would “breach the law and order”.
The court ruled in favour of the construction on October 25 and work began on the same day. Five days later, however, the police produced a letter from the Colombo Divisional Secretary, the city’s chief administrative officer, demanding a halt to the work on the grounds that there was a dispute over the land. Thanabeddegama Sobitha, the Buddhist monk organising the opposition, admitted to the press that the letter had been written at his instigation.
When those in charge of the construction cited the court decision and refused to recognise validity of the letter, the police, including high-ranking officers, moved to halt the work. As the exchange with the police took place, groups of Sinhala thugs, who had gathered to watch events, began to throw stones and attack local Muslims. The police stood by as these gangs attacked and burned houses, looted businesses and torched vehicles. When groups of Muslims gathered to retaliate, the police chased them away.
As the situation started to escalate out of control, the government imposed a curfew in several areas of the city and mobilised some 7,000 soldiers and police to enforce it. The actions of the security forces, which are deeply imbued with Sinhala chauvinism, were directly mainly against Muslims. Soldiers opened fire in densely-populated areas to disperse groups of Muslims, killing a worker, Mohammed Junaid. In the same area, a 50-year-old woman, Buhari Fareeda, and a 26-year-old pregnant woman, Siththi Fawsia, received gunshot injuries and had to be treated in hospital.
Junaid was a father of four. His wife said he had been killed going to a small nearby store. Local residents explained that it had taken nearly 20 minutes to get him to hospital as a result of the army’s indiscriminate shooting. He was pronounced dead on arrival. The following day, 10,000 people participated in his funeral to voice their protest.
The police continued to enforce a 2pm-6am curfew on October 31 and November 1 in areas of central and northern Colombo. A number of people complained that their houses and businesses continued to be attacked during curfew hours. Of 500 houses and businesses belonging to Muslims in the Maligawatte area, about 300 have been damaged, along with a number of taxis, motorbikes, lorries and vans. Muslim gangs damaged about 10 houses belonging to Sinhalese in retaliatory attacks.
M.M.A. Nizam, a mechanic, told WSWS he rushed home on October 30 after hearing about the violence. “I came by taxi which belonged to the garage where I work. Thugs came to my house wielding clubs and swords. We ran away. I have three children. They destroyed my house and looted everything. A three-wheeler [a small motorised vehicle] was burned as well. We are poor people. My wife makes wire chains at home to earn a living. How can we start life again?”
Another resident, 49-year-old Mohamed Faiz, described what happened. “When someone pointed a pistol at me I ran away. Houses were destroyed by thugs from other areas, but they had people pointing out Muslim houses to them. Why should people do these things because of a religious school? We have lived together peacefully for years. But how can we do it in the future?”
While Sinhala chauvinists seized on the plans to extend the religious school to whip up anti-Muslim sentiment, it is clearly part of a broader agenda. A chauvinist leaflet handed out by organisations affiliated to the local Buddhist temple declared: “Come forward to stop the birth of another Afghanistan, to prevent the birth of more bin Ladens who will destroy Buddha statues.”
An organisation calling itself the “Armed Front for the Defence of Sinhalese” sent a threatening letter to a teacher at the religious school ordering a halt to construction work. While attempting to deny any involvement, SU issued a leaflet declaiming: “Stop illegal constructions! Mobilise for Buddhist rights! ... Unite Sinhalese! Go forward without fear!” SU leader Tilak Karunaratne provocatively told a press conference that vigilance was necessary because Islamic religious schools have terrorist connections.
This open incitement to communal violence took place as the SU, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and other Sinhala extremists from the Buddhist hierarchy and opposition Peoples Alliance intensified their campaign against the government-LTTE peace talks in Thailand. These groups are hostile to any moves to end entrenched discrimination against the country’s minorities and to the demands of the Muslim elite for the creation of a separate administrative district in the east of the island.
As for the small religious school in central Colombo, its construction is still on hold. A top-level meeting of Buddhist monks, Islamic priests and police held on November 2 and presided over by the Divisional Secretary for Colombo came down in favour of the Sinhala extremists. The school could continue to operate but without any extensions. Colombo’s deputy mayor told the press that the Buddhist Affairs Minister had “assured several leading Buddhist priests that the [construction] project would not go ahea

THE DARKER SIDE OF BUDDHISM

THE DARKER SIDE OF BUDDHISM

Many people are under the illusion that Buddhism is somehow superior to other faiths and that persecution and other forms of evil could never take place in the name of Buddhism. This is simply not the case. I have brought this to the attention of others, only to have them say "they're not real Buddhists if they behave like that." a statement which they themselves would laugh at and ridicule if it were made in defense of the Christian faith. I have no reason to doubt that Buddhist teachings are peaceful and this thread is not meant as an attack on the Buddhist faith; its simply to dispel the myth that violence and persecution can never take place in the name of Buddha.

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For example; Bhutan is one of the top five persecutors of Christians and Buddhism is its state religion:

ONE OF THE TOP-FIVE PERSECUTORS OF CHRISTIANS:

Bhutan - A key leader says there are approximately 13,000 Bhutanese Christians in the country. Officially, the Christian faith does not exist and Christians are not allowed to pray or celebrate their faith in public. Christians can meet as a family but not collectively with other Christian families. Religious workers are denied visas to enter the country. Christian children are accepted in schools, but they face discrimination if known to be Christian and they face the constant pressure to attend Buddhist religious festivals. It is almost impossible for Christian students to get to university level. For Christians with government jobs, discrimination is also an issue, as there are cases of believers being deprived of government jobs simply because of their faith. The import of printed religious matter is banned, and only Buddhist religious texts are allowed in the country. Persecution mainly comes from the family, the community, and the monks who yield a strong influence in the society. There is discrimination for some Christian workers in the government, but this is not rampant. Cases of atrocities (i.e. beatings) are sporadic. The persecution mainly comes in the form of pressure to reconvert, and this comes mainly from the family and community.
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Another example are the Buddhists and Buddhist Monks of Bangladesh who kidnap Christians and use that age-old “convert or die” strategy against them, or they forcibly evict Christians from their communities:

BUDDHIST MONKS IN BANGLADESH TAKE CHRISTIANS CAPTIVE:

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Buddhist clerics and local council officials are holding 13 newly converted Christians captive in a pagoda in a south-eastern mountainous district of Bangladesh in an attempt to forcibly return them to Buddhism....Local government council officials in Jorachuri sub-district in Rangamati district, some 300 kilometers (186 miles) south-east of Dhaka, are helping the Buddhist monks to hold the Christians against their will, According to the source, two Buddhist clerics, Pronoyon Chakma and Jianoprio Vikku, and two local council members, Vira Chakma and Rubichandra Chakma, were behind the anti-Christian activities along with nine other Buddhist leaders. The Christian leader said Buddhist leaders and local council officials have warned Christians to return to Buddhism or be evicted. Fearing for their lives, the source said, some area Christians have gone into hiding. Mogdhan Union Council Chairman Arun Kanti Chakma, the source said, warned that Christian converts would be ostracized, beaten, and – assuming they returned to Buddhism only to return to Christianity – killed. In another mountainous neighborhood in the Khaokhali area near Jorachuri, about 50 recently converted Christians have been cut off from all communications. They are barred from going to Rangamati town and are living in isolation. Christians in the district have not informed police, fearing that any police action would infuriate terrorist groups among the tribal people of the area. The source said terrorist groups have been known to put the lives of Christians in jeopardy at the slightest provocation.
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We have all heard of “Cults” inspired by Christianity, but you may be less familiar with the Buddhist equivalents (which there are many):

UNHOLY ROW OVER DUBIOUS BUDDHIST SECT:

BANGKOK - If the Lord Buddha is looking down on the religious affairs of Thailand, he may well be frowning. Not only is there an unholy row over attempts to disrobe the head of a dubious Buddhist sect, but the ethics of the mainstream clergy are facing increasing public criticism. Problems range from so-called "naughty monks" indulging in alcohol, drugs, gambling and fornication, to downright rotten monks convicted of extortion, rape and murder. Monks have been convicted of molesting children. Abbots have paid bribes to be transferred to more profitable temples. There has even been over-charging for funeral rites. Some believe there is a widespread malaise as monasteries and temples, once centres of learning, lose their relevance in a world of mass communications and consumerism. Rather than emphasising self-enlightenment and detachment, Dhammakaya backs self-interest all the way. Miracles and prosperity are promised in return for big donations, and there are theatrical religious events attended by tens of thousands of people at the Dhammakaya Temple on the outskirts of Bangkok. The editorial said some monks thought nothing of sleeping with women, extorting cash and assets from disciples, burning the bodies of babies to make love potions and selling "magical" amulets. The Nation said some members of the Sangha Supreme Council had been accused of riding in chauffeur-driven limousines provided by Dhammachayo's sect.
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Or how about Buddhists attacking non-Buddhist places of worship?

BUDDHISTS ATTACK A CHURCH IN CAMBODIA:

Cambodia - About 100 Buddhists ransacked a church during a service on Sunday in southeastern Cambodia, an official reported. The Buddhists invaded the church of Kok Pring, destroying the cross at the altar, breaking windows, and throwing Bibles into puddles of water, the governor said. It seems that the church was Catholic, although the governor was unable to confirm this. The attack caused some injuries, the governor said. He didn't elaborate. The vandals accused the Christians of being contemptuous of the Buddhist community, who are a majority in this South-east Asian country of 12.7 million. Police kept the Buddhists from destroying the building.
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and finally, war in the name of Buddha:

Here are some further links:

Christian Persecution in Laos:

Buddhists Drive Bangladeshi Christian from Home:

Extremists stir up anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lankan:

Crackdown on Burmese Muslims:

Human Rights Situation in Bhutan:

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6 OUT OF 8 BUDDHIST MAJORITY NATIONS PERSECUTE NON-BUDDHISTS

In the West, Buddhism is synonymous with peace, compassion, wisdom, and ecumenical brotherhood. This is true also in the case of its most noted figure, the Dalai Lama.

Moreover, Buddhism has a reputation as a persecuted religion, and Tibet is the emblem of this.

But the latest Report on Religious Liberty in the World, released in Rome on June 25, 2004 by Aid to the Church in Need, contains striking evidence of a contrary nature.

In almost all of the Asian states in which Buddhism is the majority religion, there is cruel religious repression. And this strikes all of the non-Buddhist religions.

The most egregious case is, perhaps, that of Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma. The June edition of the American monthly magazine "Crisis" published an account by Benedict Rogers of the implacable persecution of the Christian and Muslim religious minorities, with many forced conversions to Buddhism.

The U.S. Department of State classifies Myanmar among the six worst oppressors of religious liberty in the world. In another ranking of the religious persecution of Christians, carried out by Open Doors, the third place is occupied by another mainly Buddhist country, Laos.

Here is a summary, in alphabetical order, of the states in Asia in which Buddhism is the prevailing religion. It contains references to the religious situation in each of them, taken from the Report 2004 of Aid to the Church in Need.

BUTHAN

Public worship, evangelization, and proselytism are illegal for non-Buddhists. In its Ningmapa and Kagyupa versions, Buddhism shapes politics, and it is illegal for a Buddhist to convert to Christianity. Only Buddhist religious texts may be introduced into the country. No alternative religious instruction is permitted in the schools. 15,000 Hindus have been expelled from the south of the country into neighboring India, and the government has begun a program of forced settlement of Buthanese Buuddhists in the region.

CAMBODIA

Prime minister Hun Sen says he highly values the work of the foreign missionaries. Nevertheless, a recent resurgence of nationalism - closely connected with Buddhism, which is the state religion - has made more difficult the lives of Christians and Muslims, who live mostly in the rural areas. In July of 2003, around 100 Buddhists attacked a church in Kok Pring, in the southeast of the country, during the Sunday service, blaming the Christians for a drought that had lasted three years. The situation is particularly critical for the Montagnard Christians who fled from Vietnam to Cambodia. The Cambodian government hunts them down and hands them over to the Vietnamese police, who put them into prison.

LAOS

The communist government, in power since 1975, has expressly declared its intention of eliminating Christians, because it considers Christianity as a violation of Laotian customs and an "imperialistic foreign religion" supported by Western and American political interests. Christians are thus considered subversives and enemies of the state. The persecution particularly strikes the ethnic Hmong Christians, who were converted by Protestant American missionaries. Theravada Buddhism is the most important religious organization in the country, and it leaves its mark on public life, especially in the rural areas. It is not a state religion, but the government favors it as a characteristic element of the nation and increasingly uses Buddhist rituals in state-sponsored events. Proselytism by other religions is severely hampered. There have been documented cases of forced renunciation of the Christian faith, with prison for those who refuse.

MONGOLIA

The constitution guarantees religious freedom, and the government generally respects it, but there are obstacles to proselytism and difficulties in registering and obtaining permission for religious activities. Buddhism - of the Tibetan Lama type - is not a state religion, but it is considered as an integral part of national life and has gained supremacy and advantages over the other religions.

MYANMAR

It has been governed since 1962 by a communist military regime, which paid no attention to the 1990 electoral victory of the democratic opposition party lead by Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace laureate. The Theravada Buddhism practiced by the majority of the population is not a state religion, but the government controls and favors it, while persecuting the Christian and Muslim minorities. The Catholic schools have been confiscated by the state, and Christians are not permitted to assume leadership posts. The Christians mostly belong to the Chin, Kachin, and Karen populations, among which there are some independence movements. Many have fled to Thailand and India, where they live in refugee camps. In the Chin region, the crosses on the mountainsides, the expressions of their faith, were torn down, and frequently substituted with pagodas. Christians are obliged to pay an annual tax to support the Buddhist religion, and if they convert, they obtain privileges: one of these is exemption from forced labor for the army, which they are periodically constrained to do. The Bible is forbidden, as are meetings outside of the Sunday liturgies, which are frequently disrupted or interrupted. Many Christian children are taken far from their families and interned in Buddhist monasteries.

SRI LANKA

In Sri Lanka, where Buddhists make up nearly 70 percent of the population, the 2004 report of Aid to the Church in Need writes: "Christianity is perceived as a colonial imposition, and the condition of Christians is rapidly deteriorating." The entry into the country of new pastors and priests - especially Jesuits, who have been banned for over thirty years - is seriously obstructed. Anti-Christian sentiment is even expressed in violent ways, and is aimed above all at the Evangelical and Pentecostal communities. The Buddhist monks, especially in the rural zones, lead the assaults against churches, schools, pastors, and faithful, with destruction and massacres, and form protest marches against "the diabolical conspiracy of the Christian forces to convert and corrupt the nation." In August of 2003, the supreme court ruled that the constitution forbids proselytism. In September, the government ordered the closing of all of the Catholic schools of higher education.

THAILAND

Buddhists make up 85 percent of the population, and Theravada Buddhism is the religion of the state. But freedom for all religions is guaranteed by law, and is respected in practice. Good progress has also been noted in relations with the Muslim minority, especially after the 2002 nomination of a Muslim, Wan Nor Muhamad Matha, as interior minister.

VIETNAM

There are six authorized religions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Hoa-Hao, and Cao-Dai. But the government exercises very strict control over each of them, frequently accompanied by real persecutions, with the arrest of the faithful and the destruction of churches and temples. The Christian minority, more than 8 percent of the population, is particularly harried, for religious and ethnic reasons (as in the case of the Montagnard and Hmong populations). But even Buddhism, which is the most widespread religion, followed by 50 percent of Vietnamese, is placed under heavy restrictions. Its most authoritative leader, Thic Huyen Quang has been under house arrest since 1982.

From this inventory it emerges that, of the eight Asian countries with a Buddhist majority, only one of them - Thailand - assures substantial religious to all faiths, and another - Vietnam - persecutes all of them, including Buddhism.

In the other six states, Buddhism is more or less an integral part of a regime that represses the other religions.

Buddhist thugs Distroy Anuradhapura mosque

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Monk arrested on child abuse charges

Monk arrested on child abuse charges

 

	The senior Buddhist monk is accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 12-year old girl

Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a senior Buddhist monk on charges of repeatedly sexually abusing a 12-year old girl.

Namalwewa Rathanasara nayake thero was arrested by the police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) at Colombo’s international airport when he arrived from Singapore.

Producing the chief incumbent of Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya, the police requested the Colombo magistrate Tikiri K Jayathilake to remand him in custody until 24 August.

But the magistrate ordered the monk to be taken to police custody and to be produced before Anuradhapura magistrate.

A court in Anuradhapura, north central Sri Lanka, has issued a warrant to arrest Rathanasara thero on 12 August but media reports said he has left Sri Lanka after the warrant was issued.

Police said Namalwewa Rathanasara thero will remain in Colombo on Sunday as it is not required by law to transfer him within 24 hours.

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දියණිය අනියම් සැමියාට විකුණූ මවට ඇප

දියණිය අනියම් සැමියාට විකුණූ මවට ඇප

2011 සැප්තැම්බර් 28 වෙනි බදාදා, 09:17 Sri Lanka Mirror Editor

බාලවයස්කාර දියණිය ලිංගික අපයෝජනයට ලක් කිරීමට තම අනියම් සැමියාට මුදලට විකිණීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිචෝදනා ලැබූ මවක් රුපියල් 15,000 ක මුදල් ඇප සහ රුපියල් ලක්ෂ දෙක බැගින් ශරීර ඇප දෙකක් මත මුදා හැරීමට මීගමුව මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු ශිරාන් ගුණරත්න මහතා නියෝග කළේය.

මව විසින් සිය අනියම් සැමියාට ලිංගික අපයෝජනයට ලබාදී වයස අවුරුදු එකොළහක දැරියකි.

මෙසේ ඇපමත මුදාහරිනු ලැබුවේ මිනුවන්ගොඩ වෑගොව්වේ පදිංචි රන්කොත්පේඩිගේ චන්ද්‍රශීලි නමැත්තිය තැනැත්තියකි.

සිය දියණිය ලිංගික අපයෝජනය සඳහා ලබාදී ඇත්තේ මිනුවන්ගොඩ ප‍්‍රදේශයේ පදිංචි එච්. තුතිපාල නොහොත් රශ්මිලගේ තාත්තා නමැති ලොන්ඩරි හිමියෙකුටය.

සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් එම්. තුතිපාල නමැති ලොන්ඩරි හිමියාට එරෙහිව නීතිපතිවරයා වෙනත් නඩුවක් පවරා තිබේ.

රජයේ අධිනීතිඥ ලක්මිණි ගිරිහාගම මෙනවිය පැමිණිල්ල මෙහෙය වූවාය.

විත්තිය වෙනුවෙන් නීතිඥ නිශේන්ද්‍ර ඒකනායක මහතා පෙනී සිටියේය.

ධර්මාලෝකේ ලොතරැයි මගඩියට පරීක්‍ෂණයක්

ධර්මාලෝකේ ලොතරැයි මගඩියට පරීක්‍ෂණයක්

කැලණිය ශී‍්‍ර ධර්මාලෝක විදුහලේ කී‍්‍රඩා සංවර්ධන අරමුදලට ආධාර පිණිස යැයි සඳහන් කරමින් මුද්‍රණය කරන ලද ලොතරැයිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශ ලේකම් එච්.එම්.ගුණසේකර මහතා වහාම පරීක්‍ෂණයක් පැවැත්වීමට තීරණය කර අතැයි ලේකම් කාර්යාල නිලධාරියෙක් ‘ශී‍්‍ර ලංකා මිරර්’ සමඟ පැවසීය.  
එම විදුහලේ දෙමාපියන් පිරිසක් විසින් ගුණසේකර මහතාට කරන ලද ලිඛිත පැමිණිලලකට අනුව මෙම පරීක්‍ෂණය කි‍්‍රයා...

සූර්වී වාහනයක් පැද අනතුරක් කළ හිමිනමට දඩ

සූර්වී වාහනයක් පැද අනතුරක් කළ හිමිනමට දඩ

2011 අගෝස්තු 09 වෙනි අඟහරුවාදා, 11:40 Sri Lanka Mirror Editor

මත්පැන් පානය කර වෑන් රථයක් පදවා අනතුරක් සිදු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වරද පිළිගත් චීවරධාරියකුට කුරුණෑගල ප‍්‍රධාන මහේස්ත‍්‍රාත් බුද්ධික ශ‍්‍රී රාගල මහතා රුපියල් විසිපන් දහස් පන්සීයක දඩයක් නියම කළේය.

මීට අමතරව සැකකාර හිමිනම පිළිබඳව බෞද්ධ කටයුතු කොමසාරිස්වරයා වෙත දන්වා යවන ලෙස ද අධිකරණ රෙජිස්ට‍්‍රාර්වරයාට නියෝග කළේය.

කුරුණෑගල නගරයේ වැව පාරේ වෑන්රථයක් ධාවනය කරමින් තවත් වෑන් රථයක ගැටී අනතුරක් සිදු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයේ පොලිස් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් හිමියන් ගෙන් මද්‍යසාර ගඳ වාහනය වීම නිසා, කුරුණෑගල ශික්ෂණ රෝහලේ වෛද්‍යවරයකුට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් පසු එය තහවුරු වූ බවත්, කුරුණෑගල පොලිසියේ රථවාහන අංශයේ උප පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක ඩබ්ලිව්. එම්. නවරත්න මහතා අධිකරණය හමුවේ කියා සිටියේය. අදාළ මෝටර් රථය රක්ෂණ සහතිකය, ආදායම් බලපත‍්‍රය හා රියැදුරු බලපත‍්‍ර නොමැතිව රිය ධාවනය කර අනතුරක් සිදුකර ඇති බව උප පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක නවරත්න මහතා අධිකරණයට දැන්වීය.

හිමිනම දියවැඩියාව රෝගියෙක් බැවින්, අරිෂ්ඨ හා කසාය සිංහල බෙහෙත් පාවිච්චි කරමින් සිටින නිසා මද්‍යසාර ශරීරගතව ඇති බව විත්තිකාර චීවර ධාරියා වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයට කරුණු දැක්වූ නීතිඥ පි‍්‍රයංකර ඩයස් මහතා සඳහනි කළේය.

රියැදුරු හදිසියකට රථයෙන් බැස ගිය පසු වෑන් රථය පාරෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට උත්සාහ දැරීමේ දී අනතුර සිදු වූ බවත් නීතිඥ ඩයස් මහතා පැවැසීය.

විත්තිකාර හිමිනම කුරුණෑගල නගරයට ආසන්න විහාරස්ථානයක වැඩ වසන බව ද නීතිඥ මහතා අධිකරණයට දැන්වී

ලන්ඩන් ලොකු හාමුදුරුවෝ දැරියකට අතවර කරලා

ලන්ඩන් ලොකු හාමුදුරුවෝ දැරියකට අතවර කරලා

2011 සැප්තැම්බර් 20 වෙනි අඟහරුවාදා, 11:35 Sri Lanka Mirror Editor

මීට වසර 33කට පෙර (1970) දී බාල වයස්කාර දැරියකට සිදු කළා යැයි කියනු ලබන ලිංගික අතවර චෝදනාවක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ලන්ඩනයේ තේම්ස් බෞද්ධ විහාරාධිපති පහලගම සෝමරතන හිමියන් ඊයේ (19) අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබේ.

ලන්ඩන් මෙට්‍රෝපොලිටන් පොලීසිය මගින් හීත්රෝ ගුවන් තොටුපළේදී එහිමියන් මෙලෙස අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත.

කෙසේවුවද විහාරාධිපති හිමියන් මේ වන විට ෆෙල්ත්හැම් අධිකරණයෙන් ඇප මත නිදහස්ව ඇති අතර, සැප්තැම්බර් 23 දා මේ සම්බන්ධ නඩු විභාගය පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතය.

දැනට 65 වැනි වියේ පසුවන විහාරාධිපති හිමියන් අත්අඩංගුවට පත්ව ඇත්තේ ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව බලා යාමට සූදානමින් සිටියදීය.

ශ‍්‍රී ලාංකික තරුණියෙකගෙන් ලද පැමිණිල්ලක් මත එහිමියන් අත්අඩංගුවට පත්ව ඇති අතර, එම පැමිණිල්ලේ සඳහන් ආකාරයට මෙම තරුණිය කුඩා දරුවෙකුව සිටින අවධියේදී එනම්, 1977 -78 වසරවල සිව්වතාවක් හෝ ඊට වැඩි අවස්ථාවකදී හිමිනම විසින් ඇය නොමග යවා ලිංගික වශයෙන් අපයෝජනයට ලක් කොට ඇති බවයි.

හිමිනමට බාල අපචාර චෝදනාව ඇතුළුව තවත් චෝදනා 4 ක් එල්ලවී ඇතැයි පැවසේ.

Buddhist monk charged with raping girl

Buddhist monk charged with raping girl in 1970s

Pahalagama Somaratana Thera has been charged on four counts of sexual abuse, police said

A Buddhist monk has been charged with raping an underage girl in the 1970s, the Metropolitan police has said.

Pahalagama Somaratana Thera, chief incumbent of Thames Buddhist Vihara, Croydon, has been charged with four counts of sexual abuse, police said.
The alleged rape and three counts of indecent assault occurred in Chiswick, west London, in 1977 and 1978.
The 65-year-old from Dulverton Rd, Croydon, will appear on bail at Feltham Magistrates' Court on 23 September.
There was no immediate response from Thames Buddhist Vihara, which is one of the major Sri Lankan Buddhist temples in London.

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'Shameful' Buddhist

The minister in charge of children's affairs in Sri Lanka has called for tougher laws against child sex abuse.

Minister Tissa Karalliyadde said the authorities are "sad and surprised" at the scale of child abuse surrounding religious centres in the island.

He was commenting on recent reports of a spate of child abuse involving Buddhist monks, a Christian pastor and in children's homes, some of which are run by organisations funded by churches.

"Existing legal provisions are not strong enough to deal with child abusers," Minister Karaliyadde told BBC Sinhala service.

"The most severe punishment in the country is the death sentence. We need tough laws that falls just short of death sentence," the minister added.

'Shameful'

It is "shameful" to see, according to the minister, that certain Buddhist monks, Catholic clergy and others involved in child abuse in Sri Lanka.

The most severe punishment in the country is the death sentence. We need tough laws that falls just short of death sentence   Minister Tissa Karalliyedda

"I have seen that some culprits have been released having just been ordered to pay a small fine. That is why I said that we need to introduce tougher laws."

Children Development Minister Tissa Karaliyedda, however, rejected accusations that political leaders are trying to influence judiciary to get the culprits released.

"The president has clearly instructed us to implement the law irrespective of the status," he told BBC Sandeshaya.

The head of the national child protection authority, Anoma Dissanayake, said she did not have latest figures on how many religious dignitaries were convicted on child abuse charges.

(Reuters) - Panic over nighttime assaults blamed on "grease devils" has struck across rural Sri Lanka, leading to the deaths of at least three people this week, prompting women to stay indoors and men to arm themselves, police and local media said.
Historically, a "grease devil" was a thief who wore only underwear and covered his body in grease to make himself difficult to grab if chased. But lately, the "grease devil" has become a nighttime prowler who frightens and attacks women.
"The story we hear is he comes and bites young women's necks and breasts. Despite several complaints, the police have failed to act on that and in fact in two places have released the culprits," a 36-year old airline ticketing agent from the Hill Country district of Matale said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of upsetting authorities.
Two men whom wary villagers identified as "grease devils" were hacked to death on Wednesday by a mob in the central Sri Lankan village of Kotagala, in a tea-growing area, police said.
A 22-year-old man hunting for a "grease devil" in the jungle died after accidentally stepping an electric trap set for wild boars, the Tamil-language newspaper Sudar Oli said on Friday.
At least 30 incidents have been reported across seven districts from Sri Lanka's east coast and across its tea-growing regions in the central Hill Country. Police have arrested 47 people since last month.
"There is no grease devil as such. It is a human among us with an ulterior motive of stealing or to engage in some illegal activities," police spokesman Prashantha Jayakody said.
Jayakody also said some people with "mental disorders" were posing as grease devils.
The panic has nonetheless been enough to prompt men to arm themselves with clubs and sticks to stand guard at night, and women to stay at home. The public fury over the scare even prompted rioting at a police station.
On Tuesday in the eastern village of Ottamavadi, six people including two police officers were injured in a melee after angry residents stormed a police station after the release of a suspected "grease devil."
Traditional Sri Lankan beliefs about spirits and devils remain strong in some areas, where invocations upon them to cure illnesses or curse enemies are common. Traditional devil masks remain a favorite tourist souvenirs.
State TV stations have been broadcasting a picture of what police says is one suspect, whose face is covered in white greasepaint, with the message that the grease devil is not real.
(Writing by Bryson Hull; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

Balumgala 2011-07-25 Ruwanwelle Sobitha -Part 01

SEX ADDICTED BUDDHIST MONK CAUGHT IN SRI LANKA

Balumgala 2011-07-25 Ruwanwelle Sobitha -Part 01

සූර්වී වාහනයක් පැද අනතුරක් කළ හිමිනමට දඩ

DRUNK AND DRIVE BUDDHIST MONK ARRESTED IN SRI LANKA (සූර්වී වාහනයක් පැද අනතුරක් කළ හිමිනමට දඩ)

සූර්වී වාහනයක් පැද අනතුරක් කළ හිමිනමට දඩ

2011 අගෝස්තු 09 වෙනි අඟහරුවාදා, 11:40 Sri Lanka Mirror Editor

මත්පැන් පානය කර වෑන් රථයක් පදවා අනතුරක් සිදු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වරද පිළිගත් චීවරධාරියකුට කුරුණෑගල ප‍්‍රධාන මහේස්ත‍්‍රාත් බුද්ධික ශ‍්‍රී රාගල මහතා රුපියල් විසිපන් දහස් පන්සීයක දඩයක් නියම කළේය.

මීට අමතරව සැකකාර හිමිනම පිළිබඳව බෞද්ධ කටයුතු කොමසාරිස්වරයා වෙත දන්වා යවන ලෙස ද අධිකරණ රෙජිස්ට‍්‍රාර්වරයාට නියෝග කළේය.

කුරුණෑගල නගරයේ වැව පාරේ වෑන්රථයක් ධාවනය කරමින් තවත් වෑන් රථයක ගැටී අනතුරක් සිදු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයේ පොලිස් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් හිමියන් ගෙන් මද්‍යසාර ගඳ වාහනය වීම නිසා, කුරුණෑගල ශික්ෂණ රෝහලේ වෛද්‍යවරයකුට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් පසු එය තහවුරු වූ බවත්, කුරුණෑගල පොලිසියේ රථවාහන අංශයේ උප පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක ඩබ්ලිව්. එම්. නවරත්න මහතා අධිකරණය හමුවේ කියා සිටියේය.

අදාළ මෝටර් රථය රක්ෂණ සහතිකය, ආදායම් බලපත‍්‍රය හා රියැදුරු බලපත‍්‍ර නොමැතිව රිය ධාවනය කර අනතුරක් සිදුකර ඇති බව උප පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක නවරත්න මහතා අධිකරණයට දැන්වීය.

හිමිනම දියවැඩියාව රෝගියෙක් බැවින්, අරිෂ්ඨ හා කසාය සිංහල බෙහෙත් පාවිච්චි කරමින් සිටින නිසා මද්‍යසාර ශරීරගතව ඇති බව විත්තිකාර චීවර ධාරියා වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයට කරුණු දැක්වූ නීතිඥ පි‍්‍රයංකර ඩයස් මහතා සඳහනි කළේය.

රියැදුරු හදිසියකට රථයෙන් බැස ගිය පසු වෑන් රථය පාරෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට උත්සාහ දැරීමේ දී අනතුර සිදු වූ බවත් නීතිඥ ඩයස් මහතා පැවැසීය.

විත්තිකාර හිමිනම කුරුණෑගල නගරයට ආසන්න විහාරස්ථානයක වැඩ වසන බව ද නීතිඥ මහතා අධිකරණයට දැන්වීය.

Buddhist monks who allegedly murdered people, enjoyed sex

Buddhist monks who allegedly murdered people, enjoyed sex with women and, in a macabre ritual, roasted a dead baby have wreaked hell on Thai society and its saffron-robed clergy.
On Monday (October 30), police arrested a Buddhist abbot for allegedly killing a woman whose body was found a week earlier inside a septic tank at a neighbor's home.
Police seized Abbot Adhikan Arn Wattanadhammo, 46, in Petchabun town while he reportedly tried to burn bloodstained clothing and destroy a ring inscribed with the dead woman's surname.
"Buddhist leaders face major crisis of faith," warned the respected Nation newspaper in an editorial.
"There was the monk who roasted dead babies in order to collect their oil to be used in spurious magical ceremonies," the editorial added. "And then there was the monk who committed necrophilia in coffins in his temple.
"These are but two of the most bizarre incidences in recent years which have caused the monkhood to suffer a serious loss of credibility." The paper lamented, "Barely a week goes by without some kind of monastic scandal."

It demanded punishment for all monks who commit "blatant fraud and theft" by using donated funds to finance disreputable lifestyles.

The latest abbot-linked murder comes during a week of widespread media coverage showing a different abbot being arrested and disrobed for allegedly having sex with several women, while masquerading as a special forces colonel.

Many Childrens sexualy abused by Buddhist monks finaly accepted

Own doughter sexualy abused by Buddist drunk father

Pimping for Own doughter to her Illegal Boy friend by Budhist mother

Innocent Childrens targeted by Buddhist monks for Sexual pleasure

Its proved Buddhist are love Violance

Imagine if Buddhist monks like this how will be there followers

Monk jailed for smuggling $2.50 tobacco (Siwura etule rahasa)

A monk in Bhutan has become the first person jailed under the country's draconian anti-smoking law after a court handed him a three-year prison sentence for smuggling tobacco worth $2.50. Sonam Tshering was jailed Thursday for bringing in 48 packets of chewing tobacco worth 120 Bhutanese ngultrums f

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Monk-jailed-for-smuggling-tobacco/Article1-669476.aspx

rom India without declaring it to customs in the Himalayan kingdom.

Why Buddhism Fake Religion read and think your self

Viewing of Sexual Acts as Dirty

The Abrahamic religions are frequently criticised as being critical towards sex, but guess what – the Buddhist teachings in Malaysia does this as well. It is said that women are “dirty”, masturbation causes diseases and disorders, and homosexuals are considered as abnormal and in one book – viewed as the cause of AIDs. I realise that this isn’t true Buddhism, but here in Malaysia, it is preached as such.

Reincarnation – Where’s the scientific evidence?

Buddhism teaches that all beings have an eternal soul, as opposed to a finite body. When we die, we are reincarnated into another body. The exact realms in which we will be born into is determined by our karma. Despite the wishful belief of reincarnation, there is little (if any) scientific evidence for it, and I choose not to uphold this belief. I will explain the problems of the soul in my following posts in detail, but for now, let’s just say that the brain is the core of consciousness, not the soul, and that we cannot survive materialistic death.

Karma – It’s simply superstition.

Karma, or known as “报应 (bao ying)” in Chinese, is core to Buddhism. Karma, in its most basic form is simply cause-and-effect, in which no one can deny in its existence. But for Malaysian Buddhists, it goes one step further.
Here, karma takes a supernatural meaning. It is all to familiar to hear: “You’re going to hell for lying”, “Curse people and you will be reborn with a crooked mouth”, “Look down upon people and you shall be reborn as a ghost”, “If you do bad deeds, accidents will fall upon you” etc. Karma in this context moves way beyond casual determinism. It’s like a omniscient, omnipotent force, constantly monitoring what you do, and blessing you with prosperity or cursing you with accidents and deformations if you do “bad” things. I know that’s not the best analogy, but the word “karma” is quite different from the deterministic cause-and-effect model.

Evolution – Not Compatible with the Six Realms of Existence

The Six Realms of Existence is the one of the core beliefs of Buddhism. There are the realm of the Devas, which are blissful; Asuras, which are more blessed than humans but full of rage, anger, and jealously towards the Devas; the realm of Homo sapiens sapiens; the realm of the Animalia kingdom; the realm of Hungry Ghosts, where they are always hungry and suffering, with a fire-like sensation burning in their throats; and Hell, where “bad souls” get punished for what seems like an eternity through fire, metal birds pecking, dismembering, metal snakes going through one eye and coming out of another, and in the case of the Uninterrupted Hell, it lasts for 3.39738624*10¹⁸ years long. Alright, I’m getting off-topic.
A main problem I have is the distinction between humans and animals. Yes, we have evolved advanced thinking abilities in contrast to other members, so we are different from most animals in that way. But from when, I ask, are we to be considered human? Homo sapiens? Homo hablis? Australopithecus? Ardipithecus? What about Neanderthals, who co-evolved with Cro-magnon? The fact that Homo sapiens have only existed in the last few ten thousand years when life existed for billions of years makes the sudden distinction between the 2 realms even more illogical. And I’m not going into why bacteria, plants, and other living organisms were left out.

Conclusion

In this post, I summarized the main reasons why I left Buddhism. Well I agree with a lot of Buddhist teachings, these problems were too large for me to ignore, and I decided that being non-religious was the way to go. This list isn’t exhaustive, and will be subject to update. If I had any misconceptions on Buddhism, please correct me. Thanks.