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Muslim Council of SL deplores Al-Qaeda announcement
Sep 05, 201402:24 PM
The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) has strongly condemned the recent announcement of Al-Qaeda. The terrorist group recently announced that it has launched a South Asian front.
The MCSL says “The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka is very concerned about news reports that Al-Qaeda is setting up its South Asia front. Earlier, the violent terrorist group IS announced that it is targeting the Indian sub-continent.
We have witnessed the terror and destruction that have been caused to our partners in SAARC, Afghanistan and Pakistan by the Al-Qaeda, and the destruction the Islamic State (IS) is causing to world peace. Therefore the presence of such violent groups should not be allowed at any cost in Sri Lanka or any of our neighbor countries.
Sri Lanka has experienced the cost of terror during the 30-year violent ethnic conflict that caused immense damage to the lives and the economy of our country. As we begin our recovery from this setback and lost opportunities, there should be no space for any form of extremism or terrorism in our nation.
While we assure all Sri Lankans that the Muslim community would ensure extreme vigilance for any possible infiltration by Muslim terrorists from outside the country, we call upon the Authorities to ensure that they too are vigilant and take every step to thwart any form of infiltration in to Sri Lanka by any extremist/terrorist group of any religious or ideological belief…,”
