Posted on April 25th, 2021
By Rohana R. Wasala
………Please
understand the global movement that becomes a cat’s paw of other individuals
and groups who have nothing to do with your deep faith and your sincere desire
to live your religion to the fullest to reach their selfish goals. Be brave
enough to reject extremism. Rise up against schools and organizations that
brainwash (the faithful) to kill people in the name of religion. ….”
Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith to My dear Muslim brothers and
sisters”of Sri Lanka
No ethnic or religious strife to be quenched in Sri Lanka
Sri
Lanka has never had an ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese majority and the
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Revolt on the razor’s edge Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Ceylonese Freedom was not really offered on a platter, as some quarters would hasten to comment on the country’s Independence struggle. It was a collective effort amassed over the years if not decades. Some architects of the triumph went down the chronicle, while the rest remain unsung heroes. Some champions of this worthy cause did not even get to see the light of their labour. Seen or otherwise, the fruition of their sweat and toil is alive to this day.
Listed below are some of the luminaries who dared execute a rebellion on a razor’s edge.