A Response to the articles criticising “Wahabism” in Sri Lanka
Posted on October 11th, 2010

Razik Rafeekdeen

There have been several fabricatedƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬reports regarding the Thawheed Jamaaths of Sri Lanka. They have tried to misguide President Rajapakse, the Defence Secretary Mr.Gotabaya Rajapakse, the Government of Sri Lanka, and theƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬general public of our country.

Actually The Thawheed is representing the Oneness of the God Almighty. Thawheed JamaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚´ath is preaching Islam in its pristine purity without any fabrications, mixing and adjustments. As we know every religion has divisions (nikayas) by understanding their scripts, teachings of their masters (school of thoughts) and their traditions.

Likewise Islam also has many sects in the Muslim community. According to the Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon Him), Muslim society will divide in to 73 sects.

All the sects will enter The Hell Fire except one group. The one group who will enter paradise are those who follow and practice only The Divine Script of God All Mighty (The Holy QurƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚´an) and The Guidance of Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon Him) – (Authenticated Hadees).

When the Thawheed JamaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚´ath teaches and practices the Truth, other sects in Islam fear that they will loss their prestige among the Muslim society and they will lose their income. Because by telling the name of Islam we will never allow the filling ofƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬anyone’s stomachs. So they try toƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬create misunderstanding among non Muslims and make the Thawheed JamaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚´ath an object of hate.

The Thawheed JamaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚´ath always tries to create a healthy and respectful relationship among Muslims and non Muslims. As an example,ƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬with regards to theƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬incident of the lady L.P. Ariyawathie who was claiming that she was attacked by a Saudi Arabian family, the Sri Lanka Thawheed JamaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚´ath (S.L.T.J) visited her directly at her house at Matara and helped her by giving a donation amount Rs.75000/-. This news was publishedƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬in theƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬Lankadeepa newspaper on the 3rd of September 2010. This shows the humanity.

Likewise, theƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬Thawheed JamaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ath is involved in many social services. The Jammiyyatul Ulama of Sri Lanka (The Muslim Scholars Organization) issued Fatwa (Religious Decision) that Thawheed JamaƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚´ath is an acceptable movement in Islam.

We haveƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬donated our blood to help our Sinhalese brothers who were in the battle with the Tamil terrorist movement over the last few decades. To those who are criticising the “wahabis” – have you ever donated a single blood drop to a non Muslim? You even do not allow non Muslims to touch the holy QurƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢an.

There is conflict but it always originatesƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬in those who oppose theƒÆ’‚£ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¡‚¬Thawheed JamaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ath. We always teach and preach Islam in its pristine purity. But the problem always came from the other sects. Our mosque was burned in Bammana and Kandy. In Beruwela our Mosque was burned two brothers were killed. In several areas of Sri Lanka Thawheed brothers were attacked by the opposing parties. But up to now we have never involved in such acts.

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