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11th August 2003, 03:57 PM
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BUDDHIST MOBS ATTACK FIVE CHURCHES IN SRI LANKA
Summary:
DUBLIN, August 5 (Compass) -- Mobs attacked five churches in southern Sri Lanka on August 2. Initial information from the Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (EASL) suggests the organized attack is part of the government’s plan to introduce anti-conversion legislation. Police thwarted an attempted attack on the Methodist church in Rathgama that a crowd of Buddhist monks and youth mounted on July 27. However, the monks returned the following Saturday. They stoned the building, destroyed pews and benches, and beat two church workers so badly that they required hospital treatment. Other churches in the area were attacked on August 2, including the Assemblies of God in Thanamalwila and Lumugamvehera, and the Calvary church in Hikkaduwa. According to the EASL, attackers are attempting to incite Buddhists against the Christian community in order to create an environment of religious disharmony which, in turn, will allow the government to argue convincingly for the introduction of anti-conversion laws.
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11th August 2003, 04:00 PM
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11th August 2003, 04:02 PM
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11th August 2003, 08:58 PM
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12th August 2003, 11:13 AM
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12th August 2003, 04:04 PM
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Reps: 16,995 (power: 44) | | | Or maybe they're nominal buddhists like there are nominal Christians, but no matter who they are--THEY ARE BEATING UP CHIRISTIANS AND DESTROYING CHURCHES.
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12th August 2003, 04:31 PM
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Reps: 10 (power: 0) | | | I'd still say they are government agents. Anyway, why would the Sri Lankan government want to pass anticonversion laws? Doesn't that go against human rights? |
12th August 2003, 04:35 PM
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