Colombo’s Archbishop was requested to be patient until the government takes action on Easter Sunday attacks and extremism and not to become a double agent by Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero today.
While addressing an event in Nuwara Eliya Ven Gnanasara further said that the Cardinal had become a double agent allowing to support the ongoing religious extremism and to feed them.
Unveiling of a monument constructed at General Cemetery in Borella, on Sunday evening Ven. Malcom cardinal Ranjith claimed that the brutal attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019 was unleashed by a group that tried to consolidate their political power by using religious extremism as a tool.
“We should immediately act to defeat the religious extremism. If Cardinal has issues with the Government or with the President, he should discuss those issues with them personally. But should keep in mind not to support to grow the religious extremism in the country,” he said.
“The details relating to all these extremist organisations have already been given to the defence units and it will take a considerable time to implement because this is an issue with the human lives. It is very hard to identify extremists from the Muslim community. However, we should complete that task to protect the traditional Muslim community in the country,” Ven. Gnanasara Thero said.
“The Colombo’s Archbishop is now in a situation of forcing the government for immediate solutions while changing his standard day by day like a chameleon,” Ven. Thero said.
He requested Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith to act with more responsibility as a religious leader. The Government will make the right decision to uproot the extremism from the country. For that it will take a considerable time, the Thero added
