Christians Murdered in Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka

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Originally Posted by CardiffIrish2

Oh do please **** off with your faux outrage no doubt fuelled by alcohol and your political views. Unbelievably crass and attention seeking.

Rest in peace to all the victims, what a truly horrendous day for the people in Sri Lanka.

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I can't work out if it's faux outrage, being a snowflake or virtue signalling.

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Originally Posted by Harry Monk

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%).

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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.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2

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.

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You should read up on the crusades and the religious wars.

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

You should read up on the crusades and the religious wars.

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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.