A red-robed monk calmly pick up stones and throw them in a security camera. Then, the police looked at his followers destroyed a popular Muslim-owned clothing store.
Last month's fashion chain on the capital of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, near Colombo, was taken by a local television station cameraman attacked by a mob attacks the outbreak of the majority of the public in a growing anti-Muslim movement Buddhist nationalist groups in the island nation .
Upgrade attacks and anti-Muslim rhetoric has given rise to a new round of ethnic violence in the quarter of a century of civil war between the government of a country, controlled by the Sinhalese Buddhists, one of the main Hindu nationalist Tamil rebels The military group is still recovering concerns.
Muslim political leader Azad Salley, said: "::" They just completed a hunting Tamils, does not solve any problems, and now they are on the Muslim the chase began. Projects, almost all minority communities are under threat.
The anti - Muslim movement led by Buddhist monks, and quick access to the ground between the youth, by the raging speech and ridiculous conspiracy theories spread on social media.
The movement leaders complained that the Sri Lanka's Sinhalese Buddhists, who made nearly 75% of the country's 20 million people and control the government and military, are under threat from 9% of the country is Muslim. They say the Muslim dominance of the nation's business, and incitement to religious fundamentalism, and is plotting to demographic increase their birth rate, while secretly sterilized Sinhalese to take over the country by.
A Muslim volunteer groups, for fear of retaliation, do not want to be identified, recorded since September 2011, 33 anti-Muslim event. They include at least five Muslim places of worship attacks, attacks on businesses and governments in the Muslim students of the School of Agriculture of the plot, the supply of pork, their religion forbids them to eat.
Buddhist nationalist Muslim religious leaders demanded an end to the issue of the "halal" certificate, which proves that local products in line with the Islamic creed, billing, certification fee and pass on knowledge - often non-Muslim consumers build mosques. The certification is free cost of last month.
They also campaign laws aimed at the Muslim community. People would stop women to wear the veil.
"I have a basic right to see a person's face when I walk in the street, said: Dilantha official Withanage the prominent Buddhist ethnic group Wu Bala Seine, or Buddhist force.
Another proposed law would prevent Muslim men can marry four women.
"What we are fighting is a unified legal system in this country, if a Muslim has the right to marry four wives, Buddhists also," he said.
Sri Lanka to allow citizens to marriage according to the customs of the four main religions - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.
Withanage denied having an anti - Islam (Islamic) agenda, said his research team wanted only applies to Buddhism to get the credit for building up the civilization of Sri Lanka. Can still be the implementation of other religions, he said.
Fashion mistakenly attacks came a week later, a monk accused the company and other Muslim prisoners of enterprise "crime" they were married Muslim the Sinhalese female employees and employees to convert them to Islam. Excuse of the mob burst into the store, a 15-year-old girl was raped inside the allegations are proved to be false.
Another monk told rebound in another Muslim-owned clothing store offers free candy the Sinhalese ingredients, lead to miscarriage and infertility female customers. He said that these companies sold men's belt cause kidney disease and impaired customers testicles.
The text message was sent has a connection en masse accusing another Muslim company's manufacturing, turned barren women's sanitary napkins. The claims were passed on four Facebook and Twitter as well.
The campaign afraid of Muslims, suspect that the government not only refused to protect them, but are actively inciting tension is responsible for the government denies.
Sri Lanka national telecom operators are starting to sell Buddhism force theme song as a ringtone group, to help raise funds. Following the protests, the company apologized for any "emotional distress" in any society may feel - but refused to withdraw the dual-tone multi-frequency tone.
The authorities suspect that the growth of the co-conspirators, the police stand idly by fashion bug attack.
The face of criticism of police inaction on the 17 suspects, including three monks, were brought to court. The court later released them, say, the parties reached a settlement arrived. The injured cameraman withdrew his complaint that his case fighting may cause social unrest.
Powerful defense secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the president's brother, the recent events in the Buddhist forces, he defended the group's chief guest.
The venerable monks always come forward to protect our nation, race, religion and culture, this effort is to bring them a correct process, instead of spreading hatred, "he said.
Defense Minister Mohamed Salem, Colombo, a Muslim community workers, known as the endorsement of the extremist organizations "worrying."
Muslims equal citizens of this country or not? "He asked.
The president's spokesman Mohan Samaranayake dismissal accused the government be involved in as usual finger pointing by the opposition an anti - Muslim's campaign.
"I need to emphasize the fact that, from the outset, the Government treats every community equally," he said.
He said that the government does not restrict anyone's freedom of speech, but it will take action if they violated the law
The Muslims from Arab traders who came to the island more than a thousand years ago, is considered to be a separate ethnic group descended. But they have a relatively friendly history and accounted for the majority of the Sinhalese and Tamil rebels have been persecuted, by siding with the country during the war.
Kusal Perera, the Sinhalese political analyst says he thinks anti-Muslim campaign aims to be distracted by the rising cost of living and other controversial issues in Sri Lanka. The Sinhalese traders also saw the opportunity to grab market mainly Muslim business, he said.
, Kantalai of a resident of the eastern part of town, Mohammed Thanis is said by the Government is more concerned about the relevant to retain its Sangha Luo Renji land votes, rather than taking anti - Muslim forces action to combat the.
Opposition politicians Mujeebur Rahman said the Muslim community since its establishment, has been restrained to respond, but he was afraid of what will happen, patience ran out.
: "If they try to react, it can flare up into a major conflict," he said.
 



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