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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12558987" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lankan expatriates in the Kingdom yesterday condemned a  protest at a mosque in the Sri Lankan city of Dambulla where worshippers  were barred from performing their Jumma prayers.              A group of Buddhist monks with the support of a large group of hooligans had staged a mass demonstration there.Syed  Hamid, marketing executive in a food supplying company in Riyadh, told  Arab News that although this is the work of a few misguided people from  the majority community, he found the involvement of the Buddhist clergy  really disturbing.“This is definitely against the teachings of  their widely respected spiritual leader Lord Buddha,” Hamid said, adding  the inaction of law enforcement forces was also a disappointing factor.Nihal  Gamage, the former president of the Sri Lankan Expatriates Society who  is a practicing Buddhist, told Arab News that this was an unfortunate  incident engineered by a group of people with vested interests.“As  Sri Lankans we have to co-exist with other communities in the island.  We have already proven this concept at the Kataragama sacred area where  one can find mosques and Buddhist and Hindu temples in the same  quarter,” Gamage added.Gamage said the incident was the work of a few who should be brought to justice without any delay.Mohammed  Mackeen, who works in the medical profession, said that he was worried  since his family was living in the same Dambulla district where the  incident happened.H.M. Rafeek, president of the Sri Lankan Expatriates Society in Jeddah, said all Sri Lankans believe in communal harmony.“We  have just finished an ethnic conflict and the government has been  trying to bring all communities under one umbrella for its progress and  prosperity,” Rafeek said, adding those who have personal grievances  should report them to the concerned authorities.Another community  member, Mohammed Hashim, said these incidents would strengthen the  claims made by the Tamil diaspora at various levels.“Dambulla may  be an unknown town on the world map but not any more. The mosque attack  in this sleepy town was widely publicized in all the international  media. It is now the responsibility of the right thinking leaders of the  majority community to act and act fast,” Hashim said.“Sri Lankan  Muslims who stood by their motherland with all their might to protest  again at the US resolution in the UNHRC in Geneva are disappointed by  the gratitude paid by some unruly elements,” community member Ahmed  Lebber Mohammed Sabir said.“The world community and especially  the Arab and Muslim world are watching with all eyes open. The Sri Lanka  government should not treat this lightly. This is the time for it to  prove to the world how it safeguards minority rights,” said a Sri Lankan  worker, who wished to remain anonymous.arabnews</blockquote>

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