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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rohan_de_Silva" data-source="post: 9613387" data-attributes="member: 316002">Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thero, Incumbent at Dharmayathanaya, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, clearly said this in a television interview 2 years ago, just after the conclusion of the war. He didn't use the exact words, but his exact words, as I remember was  "Api attha kathaa karamu. Ape agamai (referreing to Buddhism) jaathiyai wen karanna behe. E dekama ekak.".I am wondering whether most Sinhala Buddhist actually feel like this? So what about Sinhala Catholics and Christians? Aren’t they not Sinhalese? If not what do we call them??I did some research and found out that in Malaysia according to the constitution you have to be Muslim to be considered a Malay. So, we are not the only country who thinks like this. Mind you Malaysians have made it a legal requirement, where in here it is not that strict.Is it fair/right to say that you have to be a Buddhist to be considered a true Sinhala?</blockquote>

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