Friday namaz halted in Sri Lanka’s mosque
Recently in Dambula,
a major city in the realm of Sri Lanka, namaz on Friday in a mosque was brought
to an end. Even if the abrupt decision triggered a strong reaction among
Muslims, they couldn’t do much ultimately. Do you want to know the reason? No less than 2, 000 Buddhists (including
sages) marched to the mosque thunderously and created a strong campaign for its
destruction.
It has been
learnt from BBC, an office-bearer told the BBC correspondent, that they got
scared stiff (extremely) for being confined within the mosque and were
anticipating that the structure would be destructed. Well, a bomb was hurled on
the mosque but no casualty was reported. Predicting more such ominous attacks taking
place before long, the mosque was vacated with immediate effect.
In accordance
with the BBC correspondent, Buddhists consider the city of Dambula as one of
the most sacred cities and in recent months, a deep instability has been
reigning only due to confrontational stances of Islamists there.
On September,
2011, a Buddhist ascetic led a massive crowd to destroy an Islamic place of
worship in Anurdhapura, close to the city of Dambula.
It is worthwhile to mention, the majority community in Sri Lanka happens
to be Buddhists.
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