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Rajapaksa says no racial and religious hatred in Sri Lanka

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Press Trust of India Colombo

Rajapaksa's comments came a day after the main Muslim-minority party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) expressed dismay over a hate campaign unleashed by an extremist group targeting the Muslim community.

Addressing a Buddhist religious gathering here, the President said that his government wants to promote racial and religious harmony through religious teachings.

SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem's statement yesterday was a reference to a Sinhala-majority extremist group, Sihala Ravaya's attempt to attack a department store owned by Muslims in the Colombo suburb of Maharagama.

Hakeem who is the Minister of Justice, called for action to nip the anti-Muslim campaign in the bud.

 

Muslims constitute over 7 per cent of the island's 20 million plus population.

  

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First Published: Oct 20 2010 | 4:48 PM IST

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