... Gnanasara Thera proclaimed that " this is a country of Sinhalese and Buddhists . This is not Saudi Arabia , or United Arab Emirates , or Pakistan or Afghanistan . This is a country built by our ancestors ' blood , tears , and sacrifices ...
Historical, Political, Social, and Religious Considerations Leonard Pinto. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, addressing a crowd of 16,000 people, categorically stated, “this is a government created by Sinhala-Buddhists, and it must remain ...
... Thera (see 2005) to preserve the heritage of ancient Buddhist sites and has become a thorny issue between Muslims ... Gnanasara Thero has, from his time before Bodu Bala Sena, a reputation of forcing the closure of numerous ...
... Gnanasara Thera complains that, “When we marry a Tamil or someone else we don't get them to change their names, but when a Muslim fellow marries one of our women, then she is forced to become a Fathima and all the babies become ...
... Gnanasara Thera the next day, purportedly to express concerns for the safety of Buddhists in the area. Soon after, mobs carrying poles and other objects went on a rampage, attacking Muslims. Even after the government.
... Gnanasara Thera of Vavuniya , a town in the north that is contested by the LTTE and the government , argued in a sermon to a youth group that “ Sri Lankans are a nation with a strong backbone . They never ran back in fear . " Drawing on ...