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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sustharapuncha" data-source="post: 14172671" data-attributes="member: 383427">This comment I found on a FB page, guys please take time to go through  it, its written on a viewpoint of a Muslim so we have some stuff we cant  agree, but for most of the part what he saying is true.   Dear  Muslim Community- It is our duty to respect the Right of Our Brothers  and Sisters of the Sinahelse and other Communities in Sri Lanka. We are a  Minority they consititute a Majority in this Land. Further more they  are a more Older community than the Muslims. This is History. Although  the Muslims may consider Halal Food as Much Better and Healthier or  Whatever... The Muslims have no right to Impose it on others who dont  want it. They have a right to choose. They have a right to Demand what  they Want in the Manner they want and in the form they Want from the  Local Sri Lankan Maufacturers - Customer is the King, this is the rule  of the Market. And It is their Right as a Son and Daughter of the  Country which we all call MotherLand. If  they Need Non Labeled Products for whatever their "Sentimental" or  other Reasons May Be, from the Manufacturers in this Country - THIS IS  THEIR RIGHT AS A SRI LANKAN. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE AWAY THAT  RIGHT FROM A BORN AND BRED SRI LANKAN. THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY AND  DEMOCRACY HAS TO PREVAIL.All Parties have to logically Understand the Issue and try to resolve the issues Sensibly understanding each other. Due  to misunderstanding some parties have taken this issue to undue  proportions. Most of the Allegations have been clarified, if there are  any further clarifications all parties have a right for such  clarifications and the sources of clarification are available.There  are Many Practical difficulties in Instituting a Seperate Labelled and  Unlabelled product by a single Manufacturer. So the solution may be to  have some Manufacturing the Non Halal Labeled Products and the Others  Manufacturing Halal Labelled Products. Which we see as happening in the  Market Now. This is just one suggestion. There can be other solutions ~  If we leave it to to the Market will see the Market catering to Demand  and Needs...In a free Market Demand and Supply takes care on itself there is no need to exert pressure to force our opinions. Sanity  should prevail. We as Sri Lankans are Honourable and Respectable People  whatever our communites may be. Foreigners who come to our Country Love  the country because of its people. This is one of our very best Assets.  Many countries dont have this.We  should also Understand that the Halal Certification is a Need to  Progress the Development of the Country. 32% of the Tourist comming into  the Country are from Middle East (Refer Statement of Minister Basil  Rajapakse), these tourists are Mostly Young Families with Children, they  are High Spenders. They contribute to very much more than 50% of the  revenue from the Tourist Industy which is one of the Primary Industries  which the Government is Striving to Promote. This industry not only  Provides the Foreign Exchange it also contributes to enhancing our  countries Employment.Tourism  is the fourth largest foreign exchange earner to thie Country.Currently  we live on the sweat of the expatriate labour force mostly in the  Middle East which is the main income of the nation (first).Sri  Lanka tourism is gaining popularity among Arab tourists. According to  the statistics by Sri Lanka Tourism Board, Arab tourists number  increased by 58 per cent in 2010. This is much more today and their is  great potential to expand on this Market.According  to a report of last year Arab tourists growth to Sri Lanka is healthier  than the overall growth of Sri Lanka tourism which is 43.5 per cent for  the first 10 months of 2010. The credit of the growth goes to Dubai  based Sri Lanka tourism office.According  to another report ,We no longer should depend on the traditional  western tourists......Western tourists have become liabilities to us.  Most of them do not bring funds and parasites to us by living on our  goodwill and polluting the culture and breeding of the younger  generation (sic). This is mainly true, the Western tourist who come on a  bed and breakfast package has a budget of what they paid to the Tour  Operator in their own country prior to their departure. ~They usually  live on the Very Heavy Breakfast and a snack at night.Promoting  the Middle Eastern tourists to fill up the Many Hotels being Put up is  going to bring emense benefit to the Nation. Let us not Hamper this  development .....Let  us all look at the issue in more practical frame of mind we are not  uneducated Barbarians ...The Muslims have lived for Centuries in Sri  lanka, there was no need for Certifications to Know that Kaun and Kokis  was Halal nor was there a need to know that Bathui Malui and the Pan and  Paripu are Halal. Nor was there a certificate needed to know that Banis  and thee are Halal. Even now almost non of the Bakeries in Sri Lanka  have Halal Certificates, the muslim buy the Bread. Most of the Muslim  Restaurant dont have Certificates, they make their own Halal Board  (which is the certifciate).Ther  certification serves mostly to cater to and attract the ME Foreigners.  The Muslims in Sri Lanka has lived without certificates by avoiding  doubtful food and they can yet do so without a certificate, many an  organisation dont have the certificate and things go on.Let us not make this an issue leading to communal disharmony. Let us Live and Let Live. If  some of the Sri Lankans want to Have Products with No Halal Label they  have a right to do so in an Ethical and Legal Manner without unneccesary  disruptions to the Progress of the Country.Many  countries in the region has taken advantage to woe the ME  Tourists...one such country is Thailand which is a Buddhist country -  The Halal Certificate in Thailand is issued by a Government Agency.Let Sanity Prevail.-Mohammed Mumthaz Ansar</blockquote>

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