Recently Minister of Justice Wijeyathasa claimed in Parliament that 32 Srilankans Muslims from 4 families have gone to Syria to join IS. “The Muslims have become very worried by this statement. Around 30 Muslim Organisations have sought a meeting with Rajitha . The minorities expect the government to protect them better than the last government.
In response, the Co-Cabinet Spokesperson explained that all foreigners engaging in religious activities were monitored by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) and the latter had reported that they were simply teaching people Arabic.
Commenting on the recent clashes between Buddhist and Muslim groups, the minister alleged that this was a plan hatched by the previous regime to distance the minorities from the government.
“Dan Priyasad was a frontline figure in Namal Rajapaksa’s Nil Balakaya and Abdul Razik was an NIB informer during Gotabaya’s time. In the North they are using Aava to create chaos. They want the minorities to boycott the elections and then win using Sinhala Buddhist votes,” Senaratne said. “When Joint Opposition MPs approached Mahinda Rajapaksa and asked about making a stand against communal unrest, he had told them to keep quiet because they would then lose their vote base. This is their mentality,”he added.
