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29.07.2010 - 01 (07:15 SLT)
By Amarasara - Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - View Full Newsletter
Catholic Church protest : Distortion of whose history?
- by Janaka Perera
(29.07.2010 - Asian Tribune)
The
media reported recently that Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic clergy is
reacting in spontaneous protest against the Education Department’s
history text books. It is however not clear which sections and
paragraphs in these books the clergy is referring to.
If the books criticize the Catholic religion itself and carry derogatory
remarks about Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary and the Bible there is no
question that the books should be withdrawn since such criticism would
be offensive to Catholics and Christians. But if the Catholic Church is
objecting to references on the use of religion by European Colonialists
as a Trojan horse to consolidate their power in the conquered
territories that is an entirely different issue. It cannot and should
not be swept under the carpet in the name of ‘religious harmony’ however
unpalatable it may be to some.
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27.04.2010 - 06 (15:20 SLT)
By Amarasara - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - View Full Newsletter
Akon
tickets being refunded
(27.04.2010 13:55 SLT - Daily Mirror Online, SL)
Organizers
of the Akon concert which was scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka last
Saturday but later had to be cancelled, have begun refunding the cost of
the tickets purchased, officials said adding that the rescheduled
concert in the Maldives was also postponed.
“We have already begun refunding the tickets. Those who purchased
tickets from Dialog and Cinnamon Grand Hotel will be refunded on
Thursday 29th April,” an official at Platinum Entertainment told Daily
Mirror online.
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20.04.2010 - 16 (21:35 SLT)
By Amarasara - Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - View Full Newsletter
Convert Sara released on bail
(20.04.2010 18:00 SLT - Daily Mirror Online,
SL)
The Buddhist convert to Islam, Sara, alias Malani Perera
who had written two books about her conversion from Buddhism to Islam
and was in detention on the orders of the Defence Secretary from March
19 was released today on bail of Rs 5000 cash with two sureties for Rs
50,000 each by the Colombo Additional Magistrate Mrs. Praharsha S.
Ranasinghe .
She was arrested allegedly for publishing a book deemed to defamatory
and offensive to Buddhists. The Mirihana Special Investigation Unit
submitting a report in court submitted that the suspect was arrested on a
complaint made by a courier service and on checking the suspect the
police found that her identity card contained her name as Malani Perera
and she was dressed like a Muslim. Consequently they arrested her
conducted investigation after detaining her till April 19 at Mirihana
Police Station on the orders of Defense Secretary.
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18.04.2010 - 17 (23:59 SLT)
By Amarasara - Monday, April 19, 2010 - View Full Newsletter
Dutch
priest probed over child
abuse, corruption in Sri Lanka
(18.04.2010 - Sunday
Island, SL)
LA HAYE, April 16, 2010 (AFP) : A Catholic priest in
the Netherlands has come under investigation over allegations of child
abuse and embezzlement in Sri Lanka, Church officials and the police
said Friday.
The Rotterdam diocese said in a statement it had
contacted the police and dismissed the priest.
Rotterdam police
spokesman Karel van Horssen confirmed the Church notification and said
the investigation was launched immediately.
"In July 2009, the
diocese was informed of the priest's suspected sexual abuse and
embezzlement in Sri Lanka," the diocese said.
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03.04.2010 - 11 (23:59 SLT)
By Amarasara - Saturday, April 03, 2010 - View Full Newsletter
'Detained
Sri Lanka writer probed for radical
links'
(03.04.2010
- AFP)
COLOMBO : A Sri Lankan woman taken into custody last month
for writing books about her conversion to Islam for Buddhism is being
investigated for possible links to Islamic extremists, police said Saturday.
Last weekend, police said the woman, identified as Malini
Perera, was taken into custody under tough emergency laws over
allegations of "anti-state" activities but they did not elaborate.
But on Saturday, police spokesman Prashantha Jayakody said Perera was
being held while police investigate "possible links to Islamic
militants."
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01.04.2010 - 11 (23:59 SLT)
By Amarasara - Thursday, April 01, 2010 - View Full Newsletter
SL writer who wrote why she embraced
Islam detained for 30 days
(01.04.2010 06:30 PM SLT - Lanka-e-News)
‘Discover
Islam’ Organization officials of Bahrain have made requests to all
International Human rights Organizations to intervene in the release of
Sri Lankan born Sara
Malini Perera (38) who is a resident of Bahrain, held in custody
from 20th last month on allegations that she had written two books
vilifying Buddhism and propagating Islam.
She had written these two books in Sinhala and published them to explain
why she embraced Islam deserting the Buddhist faith.
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29.03.2010 - 04 (17:50 SLT)
By Amarasara - Monday, March 29, 2010 - View Full Newsletter
Arrest of Muslim author 'illegal'
(28.03.2010 - bbc.co.uk)
Lawyers
for the Muslim author arrested on charges of anti-state activities
accuse Sri Lankan authorities of illegal arrest and detention.
Alex Fernando, counsel for Sarah Malani Perera, told BBC Sandeshaya that he
is yet to be informed of the reasons for the arrest.
"She too has not been informed of any reasons for the arrest," he said.
Mrs. Perera, who converted from Buddhism to Islam, was forced to remove
the face veil by the officers at Mirihana police station, he said.
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