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One dead as Sri Lanka town gripped by another bout of anti-Muslim violence
CNN ^ | 14 May 2019 | Iqbal Ahmed

Posted on 05/16/2019 2:52:10 AM PDT by Cronos

At least one person was killed Monday amid renewed anti-Muslim violence in a Sri Lankan town targeted during last month's Easter Sunday terrorist attacks.

Police said 45-year-old Fauzul Amir was slashed with a sword as mobs attacked at least five mosques, causing damage and allegedly burning a Koran, in the town of Negombo, north of the capital Colombo. Amir later died in hospital.

A nationwide curfew was instituted following the violence, which comes after shops and businesses owned by Muslims were attacked last week in Negombo, which has a large Christian community.

More than 100 members of that community were killed after a suicide bomber walked into Negombo's St. Sebastian's Church on Easter Sunday. The National Tawheed Jamath (NTJ) Islamist extremist group, which aligned itself with ISIS, has been blamed for the attacks.

Leaders of Sri Lanka's Muslim minority, many of whom attempted to warn the authorities about some of the bombers ahead of the attacks, were bracing for a backlash following the bombings.

"We are very scared that there is going to be a backlash," Hilmy Ahamed, vice president of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka, told CNN in the days after the Easter Sunday attacks. "It can happen anytime.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


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Christians attacking poor weedle Muslims
1 posted on 05/16/2019 2:52:10 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Murderers often worry about “backlash”, I suspect...


2 posted on 05/16/2019 2:54:46 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot (I won`t be wronged. I won`t be insulted. I won`t be laid a hand on. - John Bernard Books)
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To: Hugh the Scot

Now what do they expect?


3 posted on 05/16/2019 3:01:55 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: Cronos

We should welcome the “diversity” that comes with having neighbors that belong to a group with the clearly stated goals of global enslavement and genocide!


4 posted on 05/16/2019 3:17:30 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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To: Cronos

Does the Cretin News Network ever stop peddling the ‘muslim’s fear backlash’ meme. Give it a break you islam ass kissers


5 posted on 05/16/2019 3:29:11 AM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Cronos

Still can’t call the victims “Christians”. “Easter worshippers”.


6 posted on 05/16/2019 3:39:32 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Cronos

>>and allegedly burning a Koran

Marilyn Manson does this sort of stunt with the Christian Bible at US civic theaters.


7 posted on 05/16/2019 3:40:28 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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>>Leaders of Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority, many of whom attempted to warn the authorities about some of the bombers ahead of the attacks

“many of whom”

There were what, 7 bombings on Easter?

How many calls came in? 7? 20? 100? 1000? How many is “many leaders warned”?

How about the “moderate” muslims stomping out the Islmaonazi mosques in your midst and showing zero tolerance for their hate?

With us or against us.


8 posted on 05/16/2019 3:43:19 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Cronos

Maybe the Euroweenie’s can learn something from the Sri-Lankans instead of waiting to be slaughtered like sheep.


9 posted on 05/16/2019 3:44:14 AM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Cronos

I suggest you read up on Ceylon...er Sri Lanka.
Christians aren’t doing this.


10 posted on 05/16/2019 3:47:03 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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No surprise that CNN reports on Muslims being attacked with much more fervor than they report on Christians being attacked.


11 posted on 05/16/2019 3:47:37 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Hugh the Scot

“Turn-about” is called FAIR PLAY!


12 posted on 05/16/2019 3:48:16 AM PDT by Flintlock ("FIRST the Saturday people, THEN the Sunday people"--gee whatever do they mean by that?)
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So the church bombing on Easter Sunday is a terrorist attack (and it was) but a retaliatory attack is anti-Muslim violence? I’m pretty sure the anti-Christian violence (terrorist attack) was much worse.


13 posted on 05/16/2019 3:54:13 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: a fool in paradise

There is a difference.

For us Christians
The Word of God, uncreated, eternal = Jesus Christ

God-inspired writings = The Bible

For most Muslims
The Word of Allah, uncreated, eternal = the Quran

allah-inspired writings = The Hadiths.

Yes, to them the Quran is literally the word for dictated word of Allah


14 posted on 05/16/2019 4:02:36 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama hated Assad as he wasn't a Muslim but an Alawite)
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To: a fool in paradise

There is a difference.

For us Christians
The Word of God, uncreated, eternal = Jesus Christ

God-inspired writings = The Bible

For most Muslims
The Word of Allah, uncreated, eternal = the Quran

allah-inspired writings = The Hadiths.

Yes, to them the Quran is literally the word for dictated word of Allah

so a nut-job burns a Bible - we get ticked off, but ultimately it’s paper (it’s showing disrespect to God, but that’s a different thing) — if someone burns a Quran it’s to a Mozzie like burning their god


15 posted on 05/16/2019 4:03:37 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama hated Assad as he wasn't a Muslim but an Alawite)
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So it is “anti-Muslim” violence, with only a passing mention of some “terror attacks” last month? Hey CNN, call a spade a spade - muslims killed, now they’re being killed. Seems fair enough to me - an eye for an eye. They need to get the message that they cannot run their stupid little games with impunity. Maybe the so-called moderates will stop supporting them. Or not, and then everyone else will wake up to the fact that they are a death cult that needs to be eradicated in order to achieve true peace.


16 posted on 05/16/2019 4:15:54 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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Ramadan worshippers?


17 posted on 05/16/2019 5:00:12 AM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico)
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Muslims will always kill you when they become strong enough to do so.


18 posted on 05/16/2019 5:00:28 AM PDT by blam
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The horror. The horror

One dead. That’s a real massacre, there. Bloodthirsty Christians!!


19 posted on 05/16/2019 5:19:20 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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Kick ‘em out or kill ‘em. They have no place in civilization.


20 posted on 05/16/2019 5:21:06 AM PDT by IronJack
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