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14 March 2021
NO BURQA; YES BUDDHIST ROBE FOR MY ARMY
BROTHER
NDTV
reports under the headlines ‘Burqa "Sign Of
Extremism, We Will Definitely Ban It": Sri Lanka Minister:
[Minister for
public security Sarath Weerasekera told a news conference he had signed a paper
on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the full face covering worn by some
Muslim women on "national security" grounds.
"In our
early days Muslim women and girls never wore the burqa," he said. "It
is a sign of religious extremism that came about recently. We are definitely
going to ban it."]
Is
that to protect or to show Political power without true need? A search of the driving force of the proposal
– in this instance Minister for
public security Sarath Weerasekera – would indicate to a genuine seeker – the connection
between the said manifestation (effect) and the cause in a ‘free’ environment.
Sri Lanka has been made a ‘free’ environment to Buddhists. The globally free
mind has published the following details about
the brother of Minister for public security Sarath Weerasekera:
Major General Ananda Weerasekara was the Commanding Officer of
the North Central Province.
Ananda was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. While at school he Captained Nalanda soccer team with distinction
and was the goalkeeper. He was also a member of the college Cadet platoon.
After leaving army Major General
Ananda Weerasekara assumed duties as the Rehabilitation Commissioner, and later
appointed as Deputy Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services.
Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara is a brother of Buddangala Ananda Thero.
On 1 May 2007, he entered the
Buddhist Order by the name of Buddangala Ananda. Currently he
is living in the Buddhangala Forest
Hermitage, in Ampara district.]
Minister for
public security Sarath Weerasekera’s elder brother was 64 years old when he
joined the Buddhist Order. That is the parallel of post war Diplomatic Postings
for Army leaders.
The depth of religion based
discrimination is confirmed by the shrinking space in which minorities can
operate. In the early days of Buddhism in Sri Lanka – followers in Sri Lanka
were influenced by the mind of Emperor Ashoka who converted to Buddhism after
becoming an emperor through invasions and takeovers after armed wars. Wikipedia
presents the following about this Buddhist pioneer:
[The Mahavamsa also briefly alludes to Ashoka's cruelty,
stating that Ashoka was earlier called Chandashoka because of his evil deeds,
but came to be called Dharmashoka because of his pious acts after his
conversion to Buddhism. However, unlike the north Indian tradition, the
Sri Lankan texts do not mention any specific evil deeds performed by Ashoka, except
his killing of 99 of his brothers.]
Army
Generals becoming Buddhist monks is in the genes heirs of Ashoka. When Minister for
public security Sarath Weerasekera’s brother became Buddhist monk he confirmed that
about Buddhism in Sri Lanka carried the war experience as genes. It is
therefore logical to conclude that Chandaweera would one day become Buddhaweera
in time to come and that he would kill his own fellow citizens in the process of
realising the evils of war.
The Burqa ban is part
of that killing by Chandaweera.
[In 2002, when the government signed the peace accord with
LTTE, he was the Commander Northern Naval Area . The LTTE was given full
freedom to enter any Army, Navy camp but Admiral Weerasekera never allowed LTTE
to enter Mandativu island which was a very important military strategic
location. He also never allowed LTTE to come in wearing the cyanide capsule and
he was categorized and warned by the government as " anti peace
element" in the peace process. In 2003 when he was the Commander Eastern
Naval Area, during the " Peace Accord" , the LTTE vehemently
protested to the placing of a Buddha statute in Trincomalee town on Vesak day
by the Sinhalese. The terrorists brought the entire town to a standstill by
forcibly closing all shops, fuel stations, public transport and tried to
destroy the Buddha statue by throwing grenades. When the police and the Army
were under orders not to interfere as it was peace time, on the third day Rear
Admiral Weerasekera, on his own initiative, took charge of the situation,
proceeded to the town with naval troops, guarded the Buddha statue and brought
back the town to normal. Within two days, at the demand of the LTTE, the then
President Chandrika Bandaranaike removed him from the Eastern Naval Commander
appointment, and brought him to Colombo. However, after few days, a new post
was created at NHQ as Deputy Chief of Staff and posted appointed him in it.]
The three islands targeted by Chinese in Northern Sri
Lanka are - Nainativu, Delft or
Neduntheevu, and Analaitivu. All three are close to Mandtivu where Admiral Weerasekera overruled the Ceasefire agreement as
presented above. I made my own contribution to that Peace through a UNDP
project. This renders me deeper insight into the minds of those who ‘blocked’
peace. The question is whether Mr Weerasekera
who is anti LTTE is seeing Muslims as an extension of the LTTE and hence the
Burqa Ban proposal?
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