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Posted on December 29th, 2020
By shenali Waduge
Yes, the Sinhalese Buddhists are concerned. Do they have reason to be? Yes. Yet the concerns of Buddhists are never given an unbiased voice in the mainstream media, instead Sinhalese Buddhists are labeled as racist”, extremist” and even militant”. Labelling Sinhala Buddhists is a ploy to refuse to accept the reality that moderate Muslims are being drawn towards radicalism not just in Sri Lanka but globally. This is not a problem only Sri Lanka is facing. The Muslims themselves must answer why moderate Muslims are becoming radicalized and who is manipulating Islam. The source of radicalism is in the Books. This is the ugly truth Muslims must accept.