Tuesday, March 12, 2013

What's the problem now?

My dear friends of 'Bodu Bala Sena'!

As per your request, the Halaal logo will not appear in the products which are distributed in Sri Lanka. This was a decision made considering The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), Chamber of Commerce as well as some venerable Buddhist priests. However, the companies MAY use this logo for the purpose of exporting their products for countries which they think this logo would be helpful.

This is what you as Buddhist Strength Force, requested. You wanted the Sinhalese Buddhists of Sri Lanka to boycott this logo and Halaal certified products.

Now what you say is that, by only removing the logo in Sri Lanka and continuing to practice the system of production and placing the logo for export purposes is not right. Well my dear friends, now you cannot point your hands to ACJU. Because, it is clearly up to the companies to decide whether to focus on the market in Sri Lanka or overseas. If they want to expand their market to foreign countries (Middle Eastern countries, to be more precise), this logo would add more value. 

You have further said that Muslims transfer funds to terrorist organisations and support them. If what you have said is the truth, Muslims would have acted violently regarding this issue. There were posters all around the country against Muslims, death threats for Muslims, strict warnings to vacate their businesses in certain urban areas of the country and so on. But, did you ever see any violence by Muslims against you or any other Buddhists regarding this issue? The answer would be 'No'. The Muslims still consider Buddhists as their brothers. How can you call them terrorists and blame that they support terrorism, when they behave in a manner which is completely against terrorism?

I do not understand what is your problem brothers. 

Please behave in a manner which Buddha has taught you. 

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."- Buddha.


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