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Thank-you, JD, for bringing us back to the central fact of the post. The grotesque loss of life is tragic, but some feel it legitimate topic to make wisecracks about and seek to score political points before being concerned about the loss of life. Out of the heart the mouth speaks.
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As of this morning 290 people have died as a result of yesterday's bombings in Sri Lanka - may they all rest in peace and my condolences go out to all of their families, friends and acquaintances who are left behind to cope as best as they can.
Some of the stuff in this thread marks a new low for this board.
How can the BBC get away with describing the victims as people.
It’s just so absurd. They were Christians worshipping their God.
Why are the BBC lefties so scared of reporting the hard truth.
They want a Jihad.
We know that so why pretend it’s just a series of bombings with people killed.
I’m making a valid point about journalism and if you want to ignore the observation don’t bother being abusive here.
That’s one thing I can’t be accused of.
This is a tragic event for humanity not just the Sri Lankan’s.
It’s probably the largest religious hatred killing occurrence I can recall.
As shocking as this latest atrocity against (primarily) Christians is, for some Christians in some parts of the world to be a practicing Christian means literally put your life on the line. On average every month:
345 Christians are killed for faith-related reasons
105 Churches and Christian buildings are burned or attacked
219 Christians are detained without trial, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned
Women are the most vulnerable because in some cultures being a woman and a Christian means they face double persecution. Us Christians in the West have no idea of what persecution really means. The worst we can expect at the moment is general derision or more usually total apathy but in the future....?
(Source: Open Doors).
I haven't read up on the Sri Lanka incidents, but isn't this more related to their recent civil war rather than Muslim/ Christian sectarianism, seeing as the Christians in Sri Lanka account for about 7% of the population there, and Muslims are about 10%. The rest being Hindu's (12%) and Buddhists (70%).
I found this in the time it took to Google "Muslim support for Sri Lanka victims"
http://aboutislam.net/muslim-issues/...lanka-victims/
You are accurate, based on what I've read, on the religious make up of Sri Lanka.
All of the interviews I've heard from various high ranking officials and their (and the Government's) approach have been highly commendable and measured in such tragic and difficult circumstances.
However, they have apparently arrested 24 people, some appear to be foreign nationals and I've heard one unsubstantiated report of a Dutch person being involved, along with another unsubstantiated report that apparently an Islamic Jihadist group had warned of pending attacks.
Possibly a load of rubbish, possibly the truth.
The Churches, congregations and the timing suggest that it was religiously motivated and it is highly unlikely to have been Buddhist or Hindu inspired.
The motive for the attacks on the hotels is less clear.
People look back at the Crusades in isolation and as though they were over a short period of time.
It took them 200 years to respond to widespread terror, aggression, forced conversion and invasion by Muslims. Islam didn't exist until the 7th century.
You should read up on what led up to the Crusades.