பங்களாதேஷில் பௌத்தர்களுக்கு எதிரான நடவடிக்கை - இலங்கை முஸ்லிம்கள் கண்டனம்

October 2012 

The Excellency Mohammad-Sufiurrahman 

The High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Colombo 

The High Commission of Bangladesh 

No:64, Ward Place, 

Colombo 07 

Your Excellency, 

Assalamu Alaikum 

We, the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka - an umbrella organization of over 100 Muslim Civil Society organizations, wish to express its deep concern about the recent ethnic disturbances in your beautiful country Bangladesh. Your Excellency, is well aware both our peoples are very sensitive and emotional when it comes to defamation of one’s religious sentiments by elements who wish to create discord among the communities.

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh both are brotherly countries with rich Buddhist cultural heritage and historical background. Both countries are founder members of theSouth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) organization.

The Muslims, being a minority in Sri Lanka enjoy religious and cultural freedom second to none. Any ethnic incident that take place against a minority in Bangladesh or any other SAARC nation is surely to reflect in our country Sri Lanka too. We kindly urge your government to ensure that our Buddhist brothers and sisters in Bangladesh who are a minority like us in Sri Lanka are afforded the necessary protection, security, respect and religious tolerance as we enjoy in this country.

We are happy to note that the Government of Bangladesh has taken stern action to control the situation and to establish peace in the area where there had been violence recently. We the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka strongly condemn any violence against innocent civilian people anywhere in the globe. We express our solidarity with your Government in its prompt action to quell the violence and mob riots in thenormally peaceful South Eastern part of Bangladesh. We request your Excellency to kindly convey our sentiments and feelings to your Government and hope that the culprits behind these criminal activities will be brought to justice and punished by the courts of Law.

Please accept, your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.

N. M. Ameen President - Muslim Council of Sri Lanka.