{"id":55460,"date":"2016-06-10T21:55:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T03:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=55460"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:22:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:22:05","slug":"dialogue-with-muslims-a-one-way-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/06\/10\/dialogue-with-muslims-a-one-way-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialogue with Muslims \u2013 a one-way conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ratanapala<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

10 Jun 2016<\/p>\n

Muslim encroachment on land is going on a pace. Good example is the conversation,\u00a0 two monks were having with a Muslim delegation over building of a mosque in front of the Dalada Maligawa. One is supposed to be the Mahanayake of the Malwatte Chapter of the Siyam Nikaya \u2013 one of the guardians of the Dalada Maligawa. The other is a Anunayake. Do these people have any knowledge how they are letting down the Buddhists in Sri Lanka in general and the entire Buddhist Establishment in particular. When a cry to open up the the road in front of the Dalada Maligawa came up, these monks were silent. Now it is for the enlargement of a mosque rivalling the world revered Buddhist Sacred site. Would these Muslims allow similar Buddhist constructions in Muslim countries let alone carry a Buddha Statue to one of their countries \u2013 even Maldives!<\/p>\n

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The above conversation shows that the priests finally escaped the argument putting the blame on the ordinary Sinhala Buddhists. They simply did not have the guts to say they themselves will not stand for such abomination of Buddhist sacred territory. One could easily see how the Mahanayake was squirming tamely.<\/p>\n

Mere boasting that there still are Buddhists priests of the Famous Wariayapola generation monks is just hot air empty of any substance. On the ground the Buddhists are loosing big time for this type of empty rhetoric only good for the gallery. They are occupying valuable positions while allowing Buddhist possessions to be bartered away for their day to day pleasures and convenience. It is time that the Buddhist public take a look at all Buddhist possessions and come out with a plan to safeguard them for future generations.<\/p>\n

Muslims got the right to own land only after the British conquered Sri Lanka. Before that they were not allowed to own land. Now they are busy buying into land in a way that is unprecedented in history. \u00a0Real estate in Sri Lanka is being bartered away for worthless Rupees of a transitory value.<\/p>\n

It is obvious from the conversation that the two monks were not prepared for the subtleties of the Muslims bargaining. It is simple horse trade knowing their weaknesses and timidness –\u00a0 a scene very much similar to how Muslims hoodwink and buy gems off poor villagers.<\/p>\n

The dialogue between the two parties is over increasing of the height of a mosque, which started off as single story house and now standing 3 stories high. Not satisfied with the situation they now want to increase its height to rival the Pattirippuwa of the Dalada Maligawa. What transpires in the conversation is that it is built on leased Temple land which can never be temple land again!<\/p>\n

It is obvious from the conversation the two monks one purported to be a Mahanayaka only managed to stammer a few words and the other was not prepared for the wily Muslim strategy. Their strategy was to ask for more and walk away with what they targeted to get. Little now and more later strategy!<\/p>\n

In the first place the ignorant two monks did not have the nerve to question the logic of Muslims having to have a mosque right in front of the most revered Buddhist shrine in Sri Lanka the Dalada Maligawa, while having so many mosques in Kandy, much more than their comparative population demands. A common strategy is to congregate in one mosque at one time sometimes blocking roads and later to come and complain that there is no space for them to worship. This happens at other mosques too in turn on different days producing the same effect \u2013 basically a show of strength.<\/p>\n

Would muslims allow a similar situation in any one of their Muslim countries? These ignorant monks should \u00a0have gone into this discussion with proper legal advice, rock solid arguments and the weight of the Buddhist Establishment on their side. Every time they do this type of let down the Buddhist establishment looses out. It was a show for the public though a very poor one. The Muslim delegation walked away with exactly what they came out to get \u2013 to wait out the public protest and get on with exactly what they have in mind working the through the corrupt city administration. The rest of the mosque will go up just the same way it got bigger and bigger from a single storey building to what it is now.<\/p>\n

Kandy will eventually become a Muslim city just like Colombo and her environs, if the Guardians of the Dalada Maligawa remain like these two ignorant monks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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