Bodu Bala Sena

BUP_DFT_Page-1.jpg-d Vows to set up Buddhist trade chamber if trade chambers fail to safeguard Sinhala Buddhist rights Alleges that Mahanayakes had no forewarning about Halal ‘compromise’ Slams Halal logo compromise; vows to continue agitation until certification is banned Claims Anunayakas and learned monks caught in an inter-religious trap set by Milinda Claims ACJU had no […]

D.B.S.Jeyaraj BBS031217C NO to Halal pic via: facebook.com/sinhalarawayapage Having tasted victory over the Halal certification issue the Bodhu Bala Sena(BBS) organization is to begin another widespread campaign targeting the Muslim community on the issue of attire worn by Muslim women in Sri Lanka. The co-founder and head of the Ethno-Religious Fascist Organization Ven.Kirama Vimalajothy Thera […]

During the past year, there has been an unprecedented level of violent attacks, demonstrations and hate speech targeting Sri Lanka’s eight per cent Muslim population. Mainly perpetrated by Buddhist fundamentalist groups, theevents have left the country’s second largest minority community – the Muslims – feeling afraid and vulnerable.The response from the Government of Sri Lanka […]

Methsevana opening ceremony ~ pic courtesy of: defence.lk D.B.S.JeyarajIn what seemed to be a harmless act in the public interest the Secretary of Defence and Urban Development Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has engaged himself in a controversial move that is likely to have far reaching implications.On Saturday March 9th 2013, the Presidential sibling regarded widely as the […]

Dharisha BastiansThe Joint Opposition laid the blame for rising anti-Muslim sentiment squarely on President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s shoulders yesterday, after the Bodu Bala Sena held a massive anti-Halal demonstration in Weeraketiya, in the Hambantota District on Saturday (2).Addressing a media briefing of the UNP led Vipakshaye Virodhaya, Colombo Mayor A.J.M. Muzammil said the town in the […]

Swarnavahini reported a raid on a house maintained at a high rise building in Maligawatta by a mob led by a Buddhist monk, Galabodathe Yanasiri, the secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (The Buddhist Power Army). Galabodathe Yanasiri claimed that a person residing there was keeping false deeds, fake ticket books and passing himself off […]

BBC News Charles Haviland was among the journalists detained briefly As we finished filming at the rally, our three-member BBC team and driver were seriously threatened with violence by some members of a mob of more than 20 young men who told us not to drive off.Some police arrived and looked on as my Sri […]

At least 50 Muslim shop owners in Narammala in the Kurunegala District, have received death threats by mail.They have been warned to close their shops by March 31 or face death, Kurunegala district organizer of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Abdul Sathar said.Sathar told The Sunday Leader that a police complaint had been lodged […]

Anti Muslim Social media add calling for rejection of famous Sinhala language vocalist of Muslim origin,  late Mohideen Beg  The nationalist chauvinist sections of the Sinhala polity suffer from the worst form of inferiority complex. They have to be constantly a party to the oppression of another race, society or religion to feel euphorically superior. […]

Bodu Bala Sena once offered  take up police duty to enforce the law and rid Buddhism of thieves, rapists and other criminals While discussing a number of problems pertaining to Buddhist temples, priests and the practice of the Buddhist religion in the country overall, one of the main points of the conversation revolved around some […]