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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Sri Lanka: Who gives Bodu Bala the alms to spout their religious hate?
With monk on the run the Government finally answers wake-up call but probe vital to determine who finances bigotry’s monster
Courtesy: The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka
( June 19, 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Twice,
last month, Bodu Bala Chieftain Gnanasara did not appear before the
Court of Appeal to answer charges of contempt and state why he should
not be punished for raising a ruckus in the Homagama Magistrates Courts
last year as complained by its magistrate. On both occasions, the excuse
given by his lawyers for his absence was that he was not well.
Neither did he show up this Monday when the case was called, with his
lawyers citing that he was unable to do so because he feared for his
life. Not surprising, is it, when one goes around the countryside
hurling filthy abuse against Allah, the Almighty God of Islam, to
inflame Muslim ire? It only reaffirms the validity of the Buddha’s
karmic doctrine that every action has a similar reaction and that hate
begets hate. Or as Christ said, “sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.”
The damage he has caused to Buddhism cannot be overestimated. The damage he has caused to the Sinhala people whose proudest boast for over two thousand years had been to trumpet that they were the custodians of Buddhism in its pristine form cannot be quantified. In the eyes of the world, the question arises: Is this the result of 2000 years of Buddhism in Lanka?
The Court of Appeal did not however deem it fit to issue an arrest
warrant but instead fixed the contempt matter for trial on July 17 and
stated that if the ‘no show’ monk did not turn up that day, then a
warrant will be issued for his arrest.
But on Thursday, the Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne issued a
warrant for his arrest for failing to appear in courts to face two
charges. The charges related to allegations of obstructing the police
from exercising their duties in addition to making hate speeches in
several places. And forcefully entering and sabotaging a press
conference held at a hotel in Slave Island in April 2014.