Sri Lanka Bombings

[DougRichards]

More than 50 Christian dead in Sri Lanka.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/sri-lanka-church-hotel-bombed-explosions-colombo/11034476

 

Of course the west won't demonstrate as much outrage. They were only Christians.........

 

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There are reports more than 50 people have been killed and some 300 injured in a series of explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.

Blasts were reported at St Anthony's Shrine in the Colombo suburb of Kotahena; St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a majority Catholic town north of Colombo; and at the evangelical Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa.

The Reuters news agency said local police confirmed 50 people died in the blast at St Sebastian's church. Colombo's National Hospital said it had confirmed 20 deaths and was treating hundreds of injured people.

The attacks happened during Easter Sunday services.

Christians make up 7.4 per cent of the predominantly Buddhist country's total population of 22.4 million. An estimated 82 per cent of Sri Lankan Christians belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

[Roman Alymov]

More than 50 Christian dead in Sri Lanka.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/sri-lanka-church-hotel-bombed-explosions-colombo/11034476

 

Of course the west won't demonstrate as much outrage. They were only Christians.........

 

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There are reports more than 50 people have been killed and some 300 injured in a series of explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.

Blasts were reported at St Anthony's Shrine in the Colombo suburb of Kotahena; St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a majority Catholic town north of Colombo; and at the evangelical Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa.

The Reuters news agency said local police confirmed 50 people died in the blast at St Sebastian's church. Colombo's National Hospital said it had confirmed 20 deaths and was treating hundreds of injured people.

The attacks happened during Easter Sunday services.

Christians make up 7.4 per cent of the predominantly Buddhist country's total population of 22.4 million. An estimated 82 per cent of Sri Lankan Christians belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

Now more than 162 and rising, 360 injured. Luxury hotels were targeted

[DougRichards]

Death toll now 178 at least.

 

Buddhism as another religion of peace?

 

At least Christianity disowns and condemns those who claim to act in its name.

[BansheeOne]

Looking beyond the carnage, I'm curious about the perpetrators. With the hotels targeted in addition to the churches, I think Islamists are more likely than some leftover Tamil Tigers, who also had form for suicide bombings. There has been some recent Buddhist-Muslim strife on Sri Lanka.

 

Sri Lanka's Anti-Muslim Violence

 

Anti-Muslim violence on the island has a long history tied to conceptions of Sinhalese-Buddhist identity.

 

By Sudha Ramachandran

March 13, 2018

 

Over the past fortnight, Sri Lanka has witnessed a surge in violence targeting Muslims, their properties, and places of worship. It prompted President Maithripala Sirisena to declare an island-wide state of emergency on March 6. Curfew was imposed and the army deployed in some of the areas worst-hit by the violence. However, attacks on Muslims continue and appear to be spreading geographically too. A Muslim-owned restaurant in Putallam district was attacked, for instance, in the early hours of March 11.

 

The current wave of violence was reportedly sparked by an incident of road rage involving a Sinhalese truck driver and a group of Muslim men in Kandy district in the central highlands on February 22. The latter assaulted the Sinhalese driver, which resulted in his death at a hospital a few days later. The day after his death, Sinhalese mobs went on a rampage, attacking Muslims, and burning their homes, shops, and vehicles. The violence has since spread to other districts.

 

Sri Lanka is a multiethnic, multilingual and multireligious country. Sinhalese constitute the majority (74 percent) and are mainly Buddhist; Tamils are the largest minority and are largely Hindu. The islands second largest minority is the Muslim community, which comprises 9 percent of the population. Unlike Sinhalese and Tamils, who draw their identity from their ethnicity, religion determines the identity of Sri Lankas Muslims.

 

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https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/sri-lankas-anti-muslim-violence/

 

Sri Lanka seize explosives from local Islamist radicals

 

AFP, Colombo

Published at 07:18 pm January 19th, 2019

 

Official sources said the discovery was made during investigations into recent hate attacks against Buddha statues elsewhere in the country in an apparent attempt to spark tensions between majority Buddhists and minority Muslims

 

Sri Lanka's police seized a haul of high explosives stashed near a wildlife sanctuary following the arrest of four men from a newly formed radical Muslim group, officials said Friday.

 

Elite police commandos and detectives stumbled on the explosives which included some 100 detonators from a make-shift warehouse near the Wilpattu national park, police said.

 

"Following information received by the CID (Criminal Investigations Department), they found 100kilos of high explosives and 100 detonators," police said in a statement.

 

Official sources said the discovery was made during investigations into recent hate attacks against Buddha statues elsewhere in the country in an apparent attempt to spark tensions between majority Buddhists and minority Muslims.

 

"The information we have at the moment is that a radicalised local group of Muslims are behind the explosives seized on Thursday," an official said asking not to be named.

 

"We are trying to see if they had any links with extremists abroad."

 

There have been no attacks in Sri Lanka linked to foreign Islamist groups despite local media reports that a 37-year-old Sri Lankan had been killed in Syria in 2015 while fighting for Islamic State (IS) group.

 

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https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/2019/01/19/sri-lanka-seize-explosives-from-local-islamist-radicals

[DB]

Top story on the BBC right now. Presumably because there are 207 dead and 450 injured. Not yet seen anyone in authority pointing the finger, but Banshee's second quote suggests that at least one group had the means.

[sunday]

Horrible. One time at Singapore, I went to hear Mass at the closest church to my hotel, and it looks like it is the church that the local Tamil/Indian Catholic community attends.

[Jeff]

Open season on Christians.

[Murph]

Well I know what I am wearing to church today... my .357 sig, and 25 rounds of ammo. Arrests made in Sri Lanka, who wants to bet who the terrorists might represent?

[Murph]

Well a newly formed Islamic organization takes credit. No shock here. Timcast is commenting on it.

[Roman Alymov]

 

Buddhism as another religion of peace?

Depending on region. Here in Russia, for centuries Kalmyks (nomads and Buddists) were keeping Chechens (Muslims highlanders with reputation of born fighters) in fear and in mountains, and even now Chechens are afraid do misbehave while in Kalmykia. Couple of years ago young Chechen mixfighter somehow mistreated Budda image in Kalmykia - as result he was forces to run for his life.

 

 

At least Christianity disowns and condemns those who claim to act in its name.

Were Crusades condemned?

[R011]

 

 

 

Buddhism as another religion of peace?

Depending on region. Here in Russia, for centuries Kalmyks (nomads and Buddists) were keeping Chechens (Muslims highlanders with reputation of born fighters) in fear and in mountains, and even now Chechens are afraid do misbehave while in Kalmykia. Couple of years ago young Chechen mixfighter somehow mistreated Budda image in Kalmykia - as result he was forces to run for his life.

 

 

At least Christianity disowns and condemns those who claim to act in its name.

Were Crusades condemned?

Is it still the eleventh century?

[Mikel2]

I vaguely remember the crusades (as messed up as they were) as a response to the Muslim take over of the holy land. Somehow this part tends to be forgotten quite often.

[Burncycle360]

Meanwhile cnn is still leading with collusion...

[sunday]

I vaguely remember the crusades (as messed up as they were) as a response to the Muslim take over of the holy land. Somehow this part tends to be forgotten quite often.

 

Response to attacks on pilgrims too. Also, waiting for some kind of bleeding hearts we ask forgiveness for Reconquista.

[Mikel2]

 

 

I vaguely remember the crusades (as messed up as they were) as a response to the Muslim take over of the holy land. Somehow this part tends to be forgotten quite often.

Response to attacks on pilgrims too. Also, waiting for some kind of bleeding hearts we ask forgiveness for Reconquista.

Only Muslims get to turn conquered countries into their ancestral lands.

 

 

Actually it's every non-western culture.

[Ivanhoe]

I vaguely remember the crusades (as messed up as they were) as a response to the Muslim take over of the holy land. Somehow this part tends to be forgotten quite often.

 

The southern crusades, yes. Remember that Christians were trying to reclaim Jerusalem,,, Muslims were trying to conquer all of Europe (made it as far as France!).

 

Lets don't forget, though, when talking about the Crusades that a lot of effort was put into the northern Crusades;

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades

 

[Panzermann]

Charlemagne expanding his empire against the Wends and other pagans was also a crusade. Getting rid of various heretics like the arians, catharers, hussites etc. Or political enemies of the pope like this one king of Sicily, whose name eludes me right now.


Not so different from declaring jihad all the time, really. Andn just as instrumentalised by politicians.

Edited April 21, 2019 by Panzermann

[Murph]

 

 

Buddhism as another religion of peace?

Depending on region. Here in Russia, for centuries Kalmyks (nomads and Buddists) were keeping Chechens (Muslims highlanders with reputation of born fighters) in fear and in mountains, and even now Chechens are afraid do misbehave while in Kalmykia. Couple of years ago young Chechen mixfighter somehow mistreated Budda image in Kalmykia - as result he was forces to run for his life.

 

 

At least Christianity disowns and condemns those who claim to act in its name.

Were Crusades condemned?

 

IIRC I recall the Crusades being in relation to Muslim attacks, Muslims shutting out pilgrims, and other atrocities by Muslims.

[Roman Alymov]

 

At least Christianity disowns and condemns those who claim to act in its name.

 

Were Crusades condemned?

 

IIRC I recall the Crusades being in relation to Muslim attacks, Muslims shutting out pilgrims, and other atrocities by Muslims.

 

Let me remind you Crusades were not limited to Muslims - but were also targeted at Pagan people who are now Nordic European Christians (like Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians or Finns) and Cristians of wrong sort (Russian Orthodox) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades

See also fate of Constantinople https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople_(1204)

[Murph]

 

 

At least Christianity disowns and condemns those who claim to act in its name.

 

Were Crusades condemned?

 

IIRC I recall the Crusades being in relation to Muslim attacks, Muslims shutting out pilgrims, and other atrocities by Muslims.

 

Let me remind you Crusades were not limited to Muslims - but were also targeted at Pagan people who are now Nordic European Christians (like Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians or Finns) and Cristians of wrong sort (Russian Orthodox) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades

See also fate of Constantinople https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople_(1204)

 

I agree, there were various Crusades, and each had its own focus. The ones towards Eastern Europe and the Baltics were land grabs nothing more.

[NickM]

Well a newly formed Islamic organization takes credit. No shock here. Timcast is commenting on it.

 

OK, I was actually wondering if the bombings were related to The Tamil Tiger War or some new offshoot;

[seahawk]

 

I vaguely remember the crusades (as messed up as they were) as a response to the Muslim take over of the holy land. Somehow this part tends to be forgotten quite often.

 

Response to attacks on pilgrims too. Also, waiting for some kind of bleeding hearts we ask forgiveness for Reconquista.

 

 

Well you hurt yourself with it. After the days of enlightenment, tolerance and scientific advance under Muslim rule, you got the Spanish inquisition and the dark ages. (and no I am not kidding, as this is written in a German tourist guide about Andalucia)

[Murph]

One of the bombers has been named: Mohammed Azzam Mohammed. The Religion of Peace strikes again. https://news.yahoo.com/sri-lanka-bomber-queued-hotel-buffet-then-unleashed-002105741.html

[Jeff]

Just some generic "violent extremists" attacking some generic "worshippers and tourists" while destroying some generic "art and architecture".

 

Or as Rep. Ilhan Omar would say, "some people did something".

 

Hell, it didn't even deserve it's own topic here on Tanknet.

[JasonJ]

Just some generic "violent extremists" attacking some generic "worshippers and tourists" while destroying some generic "art and architecture".

 

Or as Rep. Ilhan Omar would say, "some people did something".

 

Hell, it didn't even deserve it's own topic here on Tanknet.

 

In all fairness, the New Zealand bombing postings started off without its own thread either but in the Paris/France terror thread (IIRC). Its contents got moved into a new thread. It certainly is worth its own thread IMO if the same favor as the New Zealand thread could be done.