Being a lankan
With recent developments in this island nation (to those of you unaware) is that recently a group of monks formed an organization calling themselves Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) has recently sprung up and is carrying out anti-muslim propaganda. They are of the wrong view that they are doing good on behalf of the Sinhalese community in Sri Lanka. One of their agendas included abolition of the haalal certificate. Having achieved this, now they've turned their sights on banning the Muslim women's attire. What is sad is the fact that this propaganda is being led by monks and what's sadder is the fact that there are people who blindly follow them without using their own common senses. What's fascinating is that BBS has the audacity to say that they cannot be held responsible for the divide being caused. Having finished an ethnic war which lasted for 30 years, we are now marching into another one after which, I'm not sure how much of the Sri Lankan identity will remain in...