National programme to nurture ethnic harmony launched
Sri Lanka’s National Program for Ethnic Harmony, the most active program in Sri Lanka working towards nurturing harmony between ethnic groups launched a programme on Sinhala — Muslim harmony.
The programme was held at Hilton Residencies under the patronage of the president/national organizer of the program Most Ven. Prof Kumburupitiye Vajira Thera and the president of Muslim affairs, Dr. Abdul Cader Mashoor Moulana. The occasion was graced by Sri Lanka’s National program for ethnic harmony executive director Damitha Wickramasinghe, operations director D.M.G. Amarabandu and many other distinguished guests.
The present leadership of the country ended the separatist war prevailed for three decades in the country and made sure Sri Lanka is again recognized by the international community, economically and socially. The prominent features of this exercise are literacy levels, nourishment, poverty eradication, economic development, infrastructure, foreign invest- ments, human resource development and political stability.
Yet hideous local and foreign movements with sinister motives still try to unstable the country by arousing communal differences. The slight unstable situation between Sinhala and Muslim communities which cropped up in January this year is now vanished into thin air. Yet some selfish quarters and even institutions still try to give unnecessary publicity to that incident and create differences between Sinhala and Muslim communities for their own benefits.
The new ‘Sinhala - Muslim harmony programme will act against the people who spread false propa- ganda and work towards nurturing harmony between the majority of Sinhala Buddhist community and the Muslim community. Its vision is to make Sri Lanka a country for all ethnic groups to live in harmony. A thorough research carried out since the beginning of 2013 has brought forth practical solutions to enhance harmony between Sinhala and Muslim communities living in this country. The program will look forward to harness the age old tradition prevailed in regard to Sinhala-Muslim harmony and also curb false propaganda spreading around the world to tarnish the image of Muslims.