{"id":88856,"date":"2019-05-15T15:13:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T22:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=88856"},"modified":"2019-05-15T15:13:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T22:13:26","slug":"malcolm-the-cardinal-in-the-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/05\/15\/malcolm-the-cardinal-in-the-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm “the Cardinal” in the Middle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walter Rajaratne Sydney\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

His holiness Cardinal Malcolm\nRanjith, the bishop of Colombo is the man of the moment. At the most decisive\ntime when the country needed a voice of sanctity,  he delivered. And,\ndelivered in no uncertain terms that doused the heat that was running at\nvolcanic molten lava scale when the majority Sinhalese would have unleashed\ntheir wrath and venom, in reminiscent of the July 83, on Muslims. His name is\ndeservedly proposed as a nominee to the coveted Noble peace prize which would\nundoubtedly challenge any other similar feat anywhere in the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, the flip side of the\nMalcolm phenomenon is, the behavior of the so called moderate Muslim\nleadership, in different political persuasions and from the intellectual\nstrata. They are, in unison, falling over each other, to jump on the bandwagon\nthat our good Cardinal Ranjith built as a deterrent to mounting angst amongst\nthe aggrieved masses under Muslim invasion of the country during the last two\nor so decades that knows nothing but killing as their only modus operandi, in\nglorifying their God, Alla. Succinctly put, look no further but the scripture\nin their holy book, Koran, which has dedicated chapters to guide them as to how\na majority of a country could be cowed down, at the right time, when their own\nnumber is multiplied from nothing to majority within a short span of time.\nUntil such time be the most trusted and faithful subordinate to the\nmajority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, the heroic efforts of the Muslim\nsoldiers of our armed forces contributed heavily to the war effort against\nTamil terrorism. Yes they speak better Sinhalese than Sinhalese themselves.\nYes, they even deliver Buddhist sermons more eloquently than most Buddhists\nthemselves. However, be aware, where are all these virtuous deeds leading to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the hour, these Muslim leaders are\nscoring heavily through this shrewd line of attack, taking the heat off the\nsensible action against the invasion they have been engaged in with the\nblessing of warped political leadership of the country who are hell bent on\nsecuring their continuity of pillage through ballet.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majority Sinhalese\nBuddhists\/Christians and Tamil Hindu\/ Christians and all attached to other\ndenominations who prefer to call this resplendent island as their motherland\nneed not be fooled by the scoundrels whose only goal is plunder of the wealth\nat any cost. This is the golden opportunity that has been offered to them on a\nplatter, a blessing in disguise which should not let go without reaping the\nbest to eradicate the Muslim invasion, that has engulfed the present day world\nto irretrievable scale, since the barbaric invading armies  of Ottoman\nempire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to the good Cardinal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hats off to your timely action that\ngave us some breathing space to bring the tenuous situation under control.\nNevertheless, it’s time to make some soul searching whether your God will be\nable to save your flock from this Lucifer, nurtured under the watchful eyes of\n225 rogues at Diyawanna, turned into a behemoth of an octopus, stretching its\nmonstrous tentacles to all spheres of Sri Lankan life with unflinching grip.\nThe first foremost move is, stop singing hosanna to the so called moderate\nMuslim leadership. You need not build a centre stage from where they are\nmoralizing the victim, thats us, that lets the demon off the hook.  No\nother community should accommodate Muslims in their campaign of eradicating\nfundamentalism since Muslim Koran propagates, killing the adversary is the\nGod’s Will. No pious Muslim ever renounce these edicts in their holy book. The\ncunning Muslim cleric keeps a safe distance from answering these horrific\npractices in Koran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Cardinal, may your attention is\ndrawn to a decisive instant in the Sinhala Buddhist history. That was 1505,\nanno domini. They came, they saw and they crucified or you may call it\nchristened – the native Buddhists, brandishing the sword with right hand while\nthe left holding the holy Bible. And where did the “conquistador”\nstart from. A piece of land, area of a cowhide in extent. ‘Gerisamka Idak’.\nToday, your flock, the descendants of that holocaust paid a terrible price at\nthe hands of an identical aggressor who came under the guise of selling pieces\nof Siling Biling to our innocent village damsels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your recent comment that, Buddhism\nshould be the foremost religion is noted with reservation. Declining Ranil’s\noffer of a bullet proof limousine too observed with reservation. What is your\nultimate goal. Only the heavenly God knows, your holiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walter Rajaratne Sydney\u00a0 His holiness Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the bishop of Colombo is the man of the moment. At the most decisive time when the country needed a voice of sanctity,  he delivered. And, delivered in no uncertain terms that doused the heat that was running at volcanic molten lava scale when the majority Sinhalese […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}