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You can articulate your biased views, but, facts are facts. In 1915 Sinhalese strted anti-Muslim riots and killed them. Sinhalese bribed Tamil politicians and defended thmselves and their atricities. ] Some insight in to Singhala Muslim riots. [1905 Drumming case in Anuradapura - A classic example of how British is responsible for ethnic & racial problems, and also exactly why the Buddhsists asked for the sacred city to be left alone. The colonial govt housed the govt officials in the sacred city despite protests by the Buddhists to leave the sacred city alone. Now some officials, mainly Europeans & Catholics, started to complain about Buddhist drumming in the temples, saying that they cant sleep. British quickly introduced a law prohibiting Buddhists to drum after 9pm as the govt servants who were housed in the sacred city by the British themselves , couldn`t sleep. Buddhists were unhappy and angry. In April, drummers from Kurunegala drummed thru out the night and are taken into custody by the colonial police. 1905 Drumming case escalates as the British GA personally picks on the Buddhist procession GA-Anuradapura, Vigors, who had a reputation of annoying the Buddhists, walked in with the police to ban the Buddhist procession to welcome Hikkaduwe Sumangala thero saying that they have to obtain a license for drumming. Buddhist monks calmed the angry Buddhist people down and accepted the ruling peacefully. 1905 `Bo-maluwa is not a religious area` -says British as GA & police walk in with their shoes on When drumming started in Udamaluwa the same night, GA walked into Udamaluwa with their shoes on, to arrest the drummers. When many People spoke protesting to this disrespectful act, a Police Sergeant and a constable started to assault them. Two Sinhalese then hit back injuring the policemen. 5 people, including 3 drummers, are arrested and fined. British govt say that Bo-maluwa is not a religious worshipping area.] 1907 Extremist Muslims take advantage on helplessness of the Buddhists- They prohibit any noise near the mosque in Gampola. Such agitations lead to 1915 Sinhala-Muslim riots Taking advantage of the onslaught against the Buddhists, extremist Muslims put up a signboard at the mosque, prohibiting making any noise within 100 yards of the mosque on Ambagamuwa Street, Gampola. But Buddhists continue the Annual Buddhist procession from Gangatileke temple in Gampola, as it had done for the last 800 years. They will have to pass the mosque & the signboard. For next 5 years they will pass the signboard without problems. Then there will be problems. 1907 British who refused to build a public pilgrim house, build a rest house for the comforts of visiting European visitors in Anuradapura. They challenge the poor Buddhists to raise money to build a pilgrims rest British had refused to grant funds to build a public pilgrim house in Anuradapura. Many Europeans were then interested to witness the great archeological findings in Anuradapura. On the same spot, near the banks of TissaWeva, British spend 50,000 Rs of public money to build a rest house for the comfort of visiting Europeans. This make Buddhists very angry.] |
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