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Muslim Clash
FILE - Muslims stand next to a burnt shop after a clash between Buddhists and
Muslims in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka, June 16, 2014.
At least five people were wounded and several shops and a mosque damaged in a
clash between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims in eastern Sri
Lanka, police said on Tuesday.
Renewed tension has been growing between the two communities since last year,
with some hardline Buddhist groups accusing Muslims of forcing people to
convert to Islam and vandalizing Buddhist archaeological sites.
Police had been deployed in the eastern town of Ampara to control the unrest
after a Sinhalese mob attacked a mosque, four shops and several vehicles late on
Monday, spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.
Gunasekara said no arrests had been made so far.
The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL), an umbrella body that includes most
Muslim organizations in the country, condemned the attack and requested the
government to conduct an impartial inquiry into it and arrest the perpetrators.
"The government has the sole responsibility to ensure the safety and security of
all its citizens irrespective of religious belief, caste or ethnicity," the Council said in
a statement.
Last year, diplomats condemned violence against Muslims and urged the
government to uphold minority rights and freedom of religion after more than 20
attacks on Muslims, including arson at Muslim-owned businesses and mosques.
The government ended a full-blown 26-year civil war by defeating mostly Hindu
Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009, with claims of atrocities on both sides.
The United Nations criticized Sri Lanka last year for slow progress in addressing
war crimes and human rights abuses. The United Nations and rights activists have
accused the Sri Lankan military of killing thousands of civilians, mostly Tamils, in
the last weeks of the war.
அம் பாறை நகரில் பள் ளிவாசல் மை் றும் சில கறைகள் மீது
கமை் ககாள் ளப் பை்ை தாக்குதல் சம் பவங் கறளயடுத்து பல
ககாணங் களில் விசாரறணகள் முன்கனடுக்கப் பை்டு
வருவதாக கபாலிஸார் கதரிவித்தனர்.
இச் சம் பவம் இன்று அதிகாறல இைம் கபை் றுள் ளது.