Saturday, May 03, 2014

Sri Lankan Muslims ask for protection from Buddhist hate crime...

Sri Lanka's Muslim legislators have asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa to protect their minority community from "Buddhist extremist elements" blamed for a recent spate of hate attacks.

The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka - an umbrella organisation of Muslim groups - said 16 out of the 18 Muslim parliamentarians had asked the president to intervene and halt the attacks.

"Muslim parliamentarians wish to bring to your excellency's kind attention the continued hate campaign, intimidation and threats to Muslims, carried out by some Buddhist extremist elements," the MPs said in a joint letter.

It was sent after police established a new unit to investigate hate crimes after attacks by Buddhist monks on churches and mosques last year raised concerns about religious freedom. Full story...

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