By A.A.M.NIZAM, MATARA

At present a record number of Muslim Parliamentarians, amounting to eighteen serve as Ministers and Deputy Ministers in President Mahinda RajapakseƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s government, who was branded as an anti-Muslim by the reactionary treacherous elements. The number of Muslim Ministers in the present Cabinet amounts to 27% which is in far excess of the Muslim population in the country. Despite a Supreme Court ruling to dismiss the veteran Muslim politician Mr. A.H.M.Fowzie, from his Ministerial portfolio, President Mahinda Rajapakse used his prerogative not to act according to the SC ruling as such an action could hurt the feelings of the Muslim community.

When the tiger terrorist closed the Mavil Aru anicut invaded the Muslim majority areas of Muttur and Kinniya, killed several Muslims and forced the Muslims to flee these habitats, unlike the UNP government which ignored the Muslims evicted from North in 1990, President Mahinda Rajapakse, as Commander in Chief of this nation, led our heroic forces to defeat the terrorists, free Muttur and Kinniya and graciously resettled the Muslims within a period of 40 days and provided all the facilities they required.

According to highly reliable sources the main reason for the dismissal of former Foreign Minister Mr. Mangala Samaraweera from his ministerial portfolio by President Mahinda Rajapakse was due to the fact that Mr. Mangala Samaraweerra made Sri Lankan representative in the UN to vote for a resolution against the Palestinians.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  This had been done without the knowledge of President Mahinda Rajapakse and the incident had infuriated the President very much that led to the replacement the UN representative with veteran foreign service officer Mr. Palihakkara.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Mr. Samaraweera is considered to have made this meticulously calculated move against the Palestinians to damage the cordial relationship President Mahinda Rajapakse was having with the Palestinian people, the Middle East countries and other Muslim countries and thereby deny funds being received by the government from the Muslim countries.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Mr. Samaraweera even criticised the killing of terrorist Tamilselvan by our gallant forces, and subsequenty on the killing of the terrorist leadership saying hundreds of Prabhakarans would sprout.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Racist Hakeem too took the same stand on the killing of these terrorists.

When Prabhakaran was killed ending the thirty years of war, the longest in the worldƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s history, a glorious feat five Sri Lankan leaders prior to President Mahinda Rajapakse failed to achieve, Mr. Mangala Samaraweera who was highly critical of the war efforts, the service commanders and continued to claim that the war was unwinnable and the government was wasting its material and human resources, declared that the death of Prabhakaran will not end the conflict and hundreds of Prabhakarans will sprout in the future.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Perhaps it is to pave the way for such disasters and calamity that Mr. Samaraweera and Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe, who were blind to the plight of the Northern Province Muslims evicted by tiger terrorists, now demanded for the unconditional release of those in Vavuniya camps which is infested with camouflaged tiger terrorists, including suicide cadres! Due to the cordial relationship President Mahinda Rajapakse is having with the Middle East and other Muslim countries, they have become the major funding source for our development projects at a time the double-tongued western nations, on whose dictate the treacherous UNP work, impose restrictions and chastise Sri Lanka instigated by the reactionary enemy elements.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Pakistan was one of the major arms supplier in our war against the terrorists.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Saudi Arabia funded the construction of Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s longest bridge from Trincomalee to Kinniya, a Muslim habitat which was hitherto accessible only by sea.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Iranemerged as the biggest lender to Sri Lanka, displacing traditional top donors Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It is providing an interest free credit facility to the Sri Lankan government to purchase its oil requirements.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Itt also finances the Uma Oya multi-purpose hydro-power and irrigation project, facilitates the provision of electricity in remote rural areas by the Ministry of Power and Energy, finances the building of the second oil refinery at Sapugaskana which would eliminate Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s need to import any refined oil, aviation fuel, bitumen and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), building the Mahinda Rajapakse Sports Development project in Homagama, and funds several other development projects.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The treacherous Ranil Wickremasinghe who is very much envious of President Rajapakse receiving aid from non-western countries and the country becoming free from western domination strongly criticised the visit of IranƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s populist President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmednejad and made a despicable attempt to create disunity among the Muslims over his visit.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Speaking at a political rally in Kinniya, Mr. Wickremasinghe claimed that Dr. Ahmednejad had come to Sri Lanka to compel President Mahinda Rajapakse to drive away the Sunni Muslims from the Hambantota District.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Libyawas another country that had come in a big way to assist President Mahinda Rajapakse in his determined efforts to build a new Sri Lanka for the benefit of the posterity.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  President Mahinda Rajapakse was the highest ranking guest of President Muammar Gadaffi on the occasion of the Libyan National Day ceremonies held recently.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Kuwait assist Sri Lanka in several development projects and it has signed an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreementwith Sri Lanka facilitating Kuwaits to invest in Sri Lanka.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia are other Middle East and Muslim countries which are involved in assisting President Mahinda Rajapakse in the implementation of various development projects.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ It is the bounden duty of the Muslims to pay their sincere gratitude to President Mahinda Rajapakse for ending thirty years of war, liberating this country and putting a permanent end to the atrocities faced by the community from tiger terrorists. If it was anyone else other than the stone willed, Lion of the South Mahinda Rajapakse who gave leadership to the war, he or she would have run away from the country similar to what Mr. Dudley Senanayake did when he was faced with 1953 Hartal,ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  or genuflected like what J.R.Jayawardene did in 1987, because of the enormous and continuous pressure mounted by western nations, NGO vultures, media poodles, and treacherous political elements to halt the war and rescue the terrorist leadership.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ No sane Muslim could support the treacherous UNP, especially under the leadership of Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe who had continued to ignore Muslim grievances and had always acted against the Muslim interests. Former Deputy Mayor of Colombo Mr. Asath Sally had shown in several media gatherings how Ranil Wickremasinghe prevented a Muslim becoming a Mayor of Colombo since the time he took the leadership of that. A pertinent question that should be asked from the UNP is what they have done so far for the Muslim community?

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The UNP, the criminal gang JVP and a hodgepodge of western slavish political desperados including Rauf Hakeem who makes the Muslim community as a commodity for sale for his personal gains, have brought forward a worst communalist to stand against Muslim friendly President Mahinda Rajapakse in the forthcoming Presidential Elections.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  This is a man who stated several times that this country only belongs to Sinhala Buddhists and although other communities could live here but they should not ask for any privileges and if they need such privileges they should go to their countries of origin, namely Muslims to Arab countries.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ This western slavish and terrorist sponsored candidate does not know even the history of this country.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He is only attempting to implement a vicious programme laid down by the western nations, as it is his desire to settle down in the United States having his family already settled down there.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He does not know that patriotic Muslims at the times of Kings Mayadunne, Wimaladarmasooriya and Senarath, joined the Sinhala army in their thousands and valiantly fought the Portuguese enemy.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He also does not that thousands of Muslims sacrificed their life in places like Matara, Galle, Beruwela and Colombo to defend this nation. Muslims of the North and East are again in the danger of becoming slavish to Tiger terrorists because of the recent agreement Sarath Fonseka has had with the terrorist proxy Sambandan, a worst enemy of the Muslims.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He has promised to merge Northern and Eastern provinces and allow Sambandan to establish their self rule in this merged territory and release all tiger terrorists.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The country is at a threshold of becoming a military regime similar to military regimes imposed by the United States in Muslim countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and many other places.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Even our army personal after such an unfortunate event will be forced to join American killer fields in Iraq and Afghanistan.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Northern and Eastern provinces will become a Sambandan Nadu where Muslims either become slavish or will be forced to flee to other areas.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  So, it is the time now for Muslims to shun all their petty differences and join in unison to save this nation as it was done by our forefathers during the times Kings Mayadunne, Wimaladarmasooriya and Senarath.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  It is our bounden duty to support and work hard for re-election of Muslim friendly President Mahinda Rajapakse and defeat all mischievous schemes of western imperialists, the hodgepodge of political desperados, neo-tiger terrorists and political bandits.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ List of Muslims massacred by Tiger Terrorists from 06.03.88 to 15.10,92 Killed 16 Muslims at Sittaru, Kantalai on 05.03.88 Killed 10 Muslims at Saindamarudu, on 31.03.88 Killed 9 Muslims in Sittaru, Kantalai on 01.05.88 Murdered 8 Muslims at Veeracholai in Batticaloa on 30.07.90.

Shot dead 14 Muslims at Akkaraipattu Town on 30.07.90.

Brutally murdred 103 Muslims and injured another 71 while on praying in two mosques at Kattankudy on 03.08.90.

Killed 17 Muslim farmers at Muliyankadu, Amparai on 05.08.90.

Killed 33 Muslim farmers while working in paddy field in Amparai on 06.08.90.

Killed 9 Muslims at Awarantalawa, Vavuniya on 13.08.90.

Murdered 9 Muslims at Arugambay, Amparai on 11.10.90.

Killed 9 Muslims by bomb explosion at Akkaraipattu Fish Market on 24.03.91 Murdered 9 Muslims at Malwatta, Ampara on 20.05.91.

Killed 16 Muslims at Pudur, Polonnaruwa on 0607.91.

Killed 13 Muslims at Palliyagodella, Polonaruwa on 19.09.91 Killed 56 Muslims and injured another 16 at Alinchipotana, Polonnaruwa on 29.04.92 Killed 19 Muslims at Kirankulam, Batticaloa on 15.07.92.

Killed 7 Muslims at Parangiyamadu on 21.07.92.

Killed 22 Muslims at Saindamarudu on 01.09.92 Massacred 171 Muslims and injured another 83 at Palliyagodella on 15.10.92.

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A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚