Dambulla – Our Story

Wayne Tuesday, 05 June 2012 10:34 AM

what happened in dambulla was very ugly and the monks who took part are a disgrace. On the other hand, many Muslim nations are intolerant of other faiths. Would a temple be allowed in Saudi Arabia.? Even in the Maldives Islam is state protected. The sl Muslims have to understand that dambulla is a sort of Buddhist Mecca and refrain from encroaching.

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indike Monday, 04 June 2012 09:00 PM

it starts like that, yes, they start praying at a home very cunningly, and slowly it becomes a umma mosque. that's what starts all the troule. this house has been there for 50 years you say? well it belonged to buddhists for 2000 years, until muslims were given refuge.

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M.V.R.Perera Tuesday, 05 June 2012 08:04 AM

I am a not a Buddhist or a Muslim but why not the Muslims who when they were persecuted by the Portuguese because of their religion given refuge by the Sinhala Buddhist who were in Sri Lanka for over 2000 years vacate the premises voluntary without this being made into a Sinhala Muslim row

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Hussain Tuesday, 05 June 2012 07:17 AM

The day all religions are banned from this earth, will be the day all people would be happy & live in peace with one another. If not for religion people would not be so divided & categorized into groups. Not only is there not the slightest jot of evidence for the existence of anything which we might think of as "God", there is no need for such a myth to explain the universe.
That being said, however, many, if not most, human beings are determined to believe in a god, and it is unlikely that they can be persuaded otherwise, even though we non-believers find it baffling that apparently intelligent people can still cling to this superstitious nonsense in the 21st century.

That being said, however, many, if not most, human beings are determined to believe in a god, and it is unlikely that they can be persuaded otherwise, even though we non-believers find it baffling that apparently intelligent people can still cling to this superstitious nonsense in the 21st century....')" type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-sm" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px">Reply

Mr.M Tuesday, 05 June 2012 06:14 AM

Mr B

non of the so called muslim countries are ruled with correct islamic principal.i am working in saudi arabia since long time but still we are working as slaves here even though i am a muslims.this is the reality for any forigners in this country.
if you want sri lanka (multi ethnic) to be same like saudi arabia(100% mulims) towards his citizen.
you will never get a peace what we want.

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Mr. B Wijeyasingha Monday, 04 June 2012 11:12 PM

The twisted logic of Mr. H. M. Muhuthar is telling. Dambulla is a sacred and historic Buddhist place for centuries. It does not matter if that Mosque existed for 50 years. It can be said it took 50 years to finally address the issue of a Muslim edifice in Buddhist sacred site. If the Muslims in that area need a Mosque build it outside Dambulla and make the trip to that mosque. praying five times a day occurs where ever a Muslim is and not in a Mosque. The final irony is his platitude when he states "We must all unite..." That is fine and dandy for him to say that in Buddhist Sri Lanka but can a Buddhist priest say the same in Saudi Arabia or in most of the 52 odd Muslim nations without being summarily tossed out of the nation? religions tend to evolve with the changing times but Islam has not and it is time those words uttered by Mr. Muhuthar echo in Muslim lands as well. When a Vihara is built in Mecca then lets talk about the Mosque in Dambulla.

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