Futile moves to tie ‘halal’ with Geneva- Champika
The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) yesterday said that just as M.H.M Ashraff got President Premadasa to issue gazettes, the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) were trying to shove halal down the throats of the Rajapaksa regime by showing-off to Geneva.
The JHU General Secretary, Minister of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy Champika Ranawaka, said this at the re-launch of his 2003 book ‘Al Jihad Al Qaeda’ held at the Public Library yesterday. The book was republished with a few more chapters being added. “During the war none of these so called Muslim organizations volunteered to fight against the LTTE. The ACJU is saying that their organization has been there since 1924. But during the war did the ACJU say one word against the
During the war none of these so called Muslim organizations volunteered to fight against the LTTE
LTTE? Did any of them join the security forces and fought against the LTTE? Today Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has gone to Geneva and is talking about ten mosques being attacked. It is the Sri Lankan people who sacri- ficed their lives in the war so that the Muslims could live in peace and harmony,” Ranawaka said.
Speaking further Ranawaka added that it was the 2002 ‘Oluvil Declaration’ by the students of the South Eastern University which inspired him to write this book ten years ago, while also explaining that ‘history has to be recorded correctly’ and that had prompted him to write the book.