Video: Traffic at Town hall due to protest

Friday, 27 April 2012 14:30

A traffic jam reported in the Town Hall area due to a protest by a group of Muslims in front of the Davatagaha mosque against the relocation of a Mosque in Dambulla, the police said.

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-262+349 # Machan 2012-04-27 14:53

Stop this nonses. Bring police and cracdown culprits.

-8+46 # lanka-putha 2012-04-27 17:17

Lankans experienced million protest in past..

so, this is also one of this.. so no fuss Machan..

Let's express their frastration...peacefully...

-1+19 # Nodrog 2012-04-28 10:30

Whatever happened to the values and lessons taught by Lord Buddha? What happened to respect for other religions and tolerance?

-1+13 # Fusion 2012-04-28 11:34

See the problem in SL is you get a lot of 'Sinhala Buddhists'. There are plenty of normal Buddhists but that special breed have their own set of laws. Buddhism is independent of any race, caste, wealth, power, etc, but 'Sinhala Buddhists' are just the opposite. I mean what happened to 'Mettā'?

-195+127 # tarzan 2012-04-27 14:55

make entire sri lanka a "pooja boomi "
problem solved

-149+62 # Nada 2012-04-27 15:54

well said tarzan, if it goes on the entire country will be in chaos and it would affect the wide range of community relationships..

-0+14 # Fazil 2012-04-28 11:34

we all are srilankans none of the religions allow the practicer to hurt other religion. we all have to think of the development of our country rather than fighting !!

-297+378 # Kavindi 2012-04-27 15:01

Police, Please come with tear gas & a bowser of water.

-57+97 # DINESH 2012-04-27 15:07

Do it front of prime minsters office.What you are doing is making poor people's life difficult.

-58+125 # Aftab Aziz 2012-04-27 14:37

@Dinesh, did you not notice how poor ppl's lives were made difficult in Dambulla last Friday?

-79+39 # DINESH 2012-04-27 15:21

I heard only he Mosque got attacked not the poor people !!

-32+63 # DINESH 2012-04-27 15:08

I dont undestand whether this will work ?? Ask your leaders to speak to prime-minister

-4+62 # SAM_SPARROW 2012-04-27 15:01

nobody asked to PM qhen they wanna to demolish the mosque in dhambulla

-7+25 # DINESH 2012-04-27 15:38

Read the news he only sent letter confirming the same!!

-6+32 # Sirisena 2012-04-27 15:51

you mean two-tonged human reptile like him.

-18+44 # Saud 2012-04-27 15:20

Then stop all the protests, even yesterday's protest in kolpetty disrupted the traffic.

-12+78 # dhammika 2012-04-27 15:33

NOONE has the right or authority to distroy a place of worship. The land belongs to all cast/creed/religions.

-0+0 # THUMPANE MODAYA 2012-04-28 23:11

TO WORSHIP GOD YOU DO NOT NEED A BUILDING!!!
WHAT DO BEDEUINS DO IN THE DESERT???

-21+27 # achtung 2012-04-27 15:34

please people have your protests elsewhere we have work to do and we have homes to go to.

-1+20 # M 2012-04-27 17:21

OMG!! Were u not living in Sri Lanka all this while!! where world's highest number of protests/rallies/demonstrations take place...

-2+52 # A Sri Lankan 2012-04-27 15:41

Protest is not the correct version to earn anything. In the mean time attacking to any other religion is not acceptable. We have to respect each other to respect us.

-18+18 # Dilrukshi Gomes 2012-04-27 15:43

Why these people are taking law to their hands. I think our
Sri Lankans are fed up of these problems. STRIKE HARTAL ??????????????????

-147+32 # Ralph Anthony Kern 2012-04-27 15:45

The dogs may bark, but the caravan continues its journey. Do not give in to this terrorist. they kill each other in the name of Religion. The majority feels that demolition is justified. .

-4+24 # senthil 2012-04-27 21:59

people protesting against an injustice are terrorist?
and who says majority of the people feel it is justified. Even if people like you feel so it is still incorrect

-3+8 # lari 2012-04-28 07:31

Ralf Change your name first - your name is not a sri Lankan. Muslims are true friend of Sri Lanka locally and Internationaly. let me know your opinion when USA passed reslution aginst sri Lanka . do not hve salve mentality please.

-2+6 # Fusion 2012-04-28 11:37

Huh? Peaceful protests are an essential part of democracy! I am Buddhists, but right now I can say I am proud of the behaviour of Muslims in SL considering the extreme provocation in Dambulla!

-6+46 # Yehiya 2012-04-27 15:47

These all making more problems. Small note of paper can do lot with Mrs. Navanitham pilli.

-14+19 # lushankandy@yahoo.co 2012-04-27 15:53

pls arrange a public groung for all protesters....and band all protest that disturbe peopls life............this is better for all..........

-9+53 # Abdul 2012-04-27 15:54

This is ridiculous... What's the point is protesting? Should make Dua, not this...

-7+30 # Patriot 2012-04-27 17:09

Poor Sri Lanka ! First the tamils and now the muslims. Whose next ? come on give us a break.

-10+4 # Gamini Udagepola 2012-04-27 21:19

You are wrong here, First Sinhalese/Buddhists. (71 & 89), Pillaie and the gang were sleeping then. Think again again pls.

-4+23 # azath 2012-04-27 17:11

Please, Do not disturb the normalcy of people. Hartal and demonstrations are not Islamic to my Knowledge

-3+24 # Shelton Fernando 2012-04-27 22:49

Tamils alone are a much bigger community in the world compared to Sinhalese. World muslims put together with Tamils would be much bigger - eventually we sinhalese will be a nwgligible fraction in the world. If we continue this way we will be at the dead end soon!

-2+15 # vipula Gunasekera 2012-04-28 00:19

A fantastic protests, let the leaders know what is rule of law and infringement of human rights The should know what would happend if rights and privileges are denied in a democratic country.No one should be allowed to take the law into one's hands. Muslim leaders and politicians wake up and solve this problem at the nip of the bud.

-0+2 # xlntgson 2012-04-28 07:22

Majority is minority in some places, vice versa, therefore democracy is not always the rule of majority, that is playing to the gallery! Think before texting 71% 89% etc.

-2+3 # UK - Muslim 2012-04-28 13:59

Brothers & Sister , Fight for you rights but please don't inconveniance the genral public . We need their support. Once a Mosque/Budhis or Tamil Temple or a Churche is built It must not come down.

-0+0 # M.H.A.SADATH 2012-05-02 14:24

we all thing about our religiosity not about fighting and be pation with every one,be on your religen*

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