Tigers meet Muslim leaders in Batticaloa
[February 14, 2005 14:24 GMT]
"First they divided us. Then they divided you. Sinhala leaders will always deny our rights. Tamil Muslim unity should be the foundation of your liberation struggle", said Mr. I.M Ibrahim, secretary of the Mosque Federations of Amparai District, addressing senior Liberation Tiger leaders at a meeting between LTTE Muslim community leaders of Batticaloa and Amparai districts Monday in Kokkaddicholai, 15 kilometres southwest of Batticaloa town. "There are still problems, fears and doubts between us. We cannot gloss over them. We should grapple with them and build our unity at the grass roots level", Mr. Thamilchelvan told the Muslims in his address.
"First they divided us. Then they divided you. Sinhala leaders will always deny our rights. Tamil Muslim unity should be the foundation of your liberation struggle", said Mr. I.M Ibrahim, secretary of the Mosque Federations of Amparai District, addressing senior Liberation Tiger leaders at a meeting between LTTE Muslim community leaders of Batticaloa and Amparai districts Monday in Kokkaddicholai, 15 kilometres southwest of Batticaloa town. "There are still problems, fears and doubts between us. We cannot gloss over them. We should grapple with them and build our unity at the grass roots level", Mr. Thamilchelvan told the Muslims in his address.
posted by eshan at 2/14/2005 10:14:00 PM
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Can someone is SL please confirm this:
“Ullai is Muslim village completely devastated by the Tsunami. The government provided no assistance to our people there. But some persons are building a 50 foot statue for Buddha in that area. Singhalese are being settled in Ullai with the backing of the Sri Lankan armed forces...."
Ta, Jimmy
As far as I know Ullai was indeed affected very badly. But the Ullai like most eastern towns under Government control received adequate aid in a timely fashion. I have no knowledge about the statue or the resettlement of the sinhalese. All I know is the goverment has no intention at this stage to carry out a media nightmare of this kind. There are numerous non-profit organizations in the country following the Tsunami and something of this sort will not go unnoticed.
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