20 dead, hundreds injured as explosions hit Sri Lankan churches and hotels

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  1. Pisa

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    More than 20 people (42 according to other sources) have been killed today and hundreds injured in several explosions inside churches and 5-star hotels in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/sri-lanka-church-hotel-bombed-explosions-colombo/11034476

    The timing and locations of the explosions suggest a terror attack against both Christians and westerners in general. Buddhist and Hindu places of worship have not been targeted, which seems to indicate that the terrorists didn't target Christians for their faith alone, but because they represent in their eyes a foothold of the western world, kind of a colonial enterprise.

    Your thoughts?
     
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    Islam has no place in non-Muslim countries.
     
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    alexa Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It would be too early to come to any conclusions. This could be a one off. It could be ISIS. However at the same time given the US position in allowing Israel to take whatever land it wants, backed up with not only Israel having the biggest Might in the region but also backed up with the Might of the biggest war machine in the world who are acting in this way purely to gratify the American Christian Right, when this is seen within the reality that there ha been talk of the possibility of a Holy War due to the intervention of American Christian Zionists in the area that could be the motivation. When the Church of Scotland came out with its booklet The Inheritance of Abraham, they did so having been approached by Palestinian Christians for help. In it they said they were particularly trying to get through to American Christian Zionists because they feared their wrong understanding of the bible, in particular their virtual forgetting of the New Testament, of Jesus himself, may to some degree be responsible for the violence Christians were now experiencing in the ME.

    So yes, it does look like this attack was on Christians and Westerners and the reason for such attack would most obviously be the US's position on ending any hope of a resolution for the Palestinians, the intent to take over Al Aqsa and the intent to allow Israel to do whatever it wants backed by American power and now we must also remember that the US is trying to destroy Iran with sanctions and very likely intending to attack and attempt to completely destroy the country.

    It is different to a usual ISIS attack as they generally do not care who they kill. As you say Christians and Westerners have been particularly targeted. It is strongly possible that is for the reasons above. Whether this is an isolated occurrence or whether this does become a Holy War is for the future to see.
     
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    Which makes it all the more surreal that we should invite Islam into ours?
     
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    I doubt the attack was masterminded by local Muslims. Tamil Tigers ceased to exist nine years ago.

    Radical Islam has no place in both non-Muslim and Muslim countries.
     
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    Wonder what sect is in Sri Lanka? It would be odd for sunnis to attack because of the israeli palestinian problem. Iran is ***** and supports radical shites not isis. Indeed most terrorist attacks come from radical sunnis not shites.

    So, does Sri Lanka have a significant population of shites? If its sunnis, then this is another attack coming from that sect, and has nothing to do with israel and palenstine, IMO. It is an attack against christians and westerners.

    I highly doubt its buddhists for hindus.

    The US does not invade and wage war on behalf of the christian religion. We are a secular nation, and it isn't christianity doing the invading and waging war against muslims. We cannot even pray to the christian god in our schools. But I guess these radical muslims are too stupid to make such a distinction. They must figure that america and europe are ruled by christianity. When europe and america are ruled by people who appear to be godless, and only the interests of very rich elites drive foreign policy.
     
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    Disagree 100%
     
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    There's been some reports that muslims in Sri Lanka are radicalizing.

    Their population has been rapidly growing and already hit the 10% threshold in that country.

    It is of course possible something like this could have been committed by Buddhist leaders, but I think it's very doubtful they would have done it while there were people inside, if that was the case. The Buddhist leaders are just resentful that some of the Christian churches are stealing Buddhists away from their religion, it doesn't rise to a level that they would want to kill Christians (although there has been some cases of intimidation threats).

    If 5-star hotels were also targeted, definitely not the Buddhists.
    There was a muslim attack on a 5-star hotel in India (2008 Mumbai attacks).
     
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    Are you saying that Christians and tourists have been murdered in a Buddhist country because Israel and Palestine? Seriously?

    Are virulently anti-Semitic Egyptian Copts also persecuted and attacked because Israel and Palestine?

    How about Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, are they persecuted because the Buddhists there hate Palestinian Arabs? Are those Buddhist Zionists, perhaps?

    The sun doesn't rise from Palestinians', Zionists', or Christian Zionists' behinds.
     
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    Sri Lanka is reported to be mainly buddhist...only 10% are christian...3 churches attacked were catholic...
    It is being reported that returning isis fighters are responsible...once again the dregs of humanity are responsible....figure it out for yourself....nothing changes, only names, place names and dates....
    more churches attacked/destroyed...all over Easter....(I have been made victorious through terror....mohammed...) its not hard when you connect the dots......
    BTW its over 150 dead and 100s injured at the time of writing......
     
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    How effing stupid would that be?? But we're doing it aren't we. [​IMG] :roll: :roflol:
     
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    It's Muslims, duh.
    It's a revenge for Christchurch, duh. It's how simple and evil those thugs are. Eye for 10 and tooth for a scull.

    Easter is not finished yet. Watch out.
     
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    Tell that to the jihadists - they'll probably thank you by chopping off your head.
     
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    Muslims in Sri Lanka, from the Tamil ethnic group, are Sunni. The Tamil Tigers, Muslim separatists, were indeed a terror organization, but their attacks were directed against the Sinhalese. Tamil Tigers lobbied western countries for their cause, didn't attack them. They don't exist anymore since 2010.

    Iran supports - on and off, depending on the circumstances - al Qaeda and ISIS (it's true that ISIS never got direct help from Iran, but they received funds from Qatar, an Iranian ally). The reasons for this support are political. Terror organizations, even though Sunni, are usually enemies of Iran's arch-enemy, Saudi Arabia. Those organizations' activities in the Middle East are a destabilizing factor, making it easier for Iran to step in in troubled regions and present itself as the savior of the Muslim world.
     
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    It will not have been done by Buddhists despite the reality half the Buddhists in Sri Lanka have themselves forgotten how to practice Buddhism. Previous unrest in Sri Lanka was political between Muslims and Buddhists who had forgotten what Buddhism is. The thing that makes this different is first of all that it is not against Buddhists, so hence not a particularly Sri Lanka thing and the targeting of both Christians and the West, The most likely reason for this is their action in Palestine and the neighbourhood. Did Christians for instance really believe they could take Al Aqsa and get no response...never mind giving Israel even more of other people's land. Your current Government is primarily run by Christian Zionists. That is what this, we can do whatever we want and to hell with Muslims attitude has come from. They I am told on good authority want a genocide on Muslims. This all began after Carter, himself a Christian but of a different kind, suggested the US should think of getting some justice for the Palestinians. Then your Christian Right really got started, taking over seminaries, getting into Government, getting into the judiciary and so on until we have after 0/11 'Clean Break 'being put in place by the US deciding trying to negotiating for peace was not a good idea, better to destroy the countries of the ME, split them up and destroy them. The US Christian Right have been working with Netanyhu since the 90's - oh of course I almost forgot at which time they had in common and indeed more than the most extreme Israelis that there must not be a Palestinian State because their bible said all this land was to be run by Jews who they should try and get into Israel for most of them to be killed in Armageddon while they swoon in rapture. Your Christian Right were rousing up the extremists in Israel. They got Congress to pass a bill saying the US would move its embassy to Jerusalem the undivided Capital of Israel and by that making it clear that they would accept no 2 state solution. A few days later Rabin was assassinated. Coincidence? I think not. Christian Zionists believe Might is Right. They believe they can kill and harm anyone they want They have no conscience. They have no Christianity but they almost certainly are the reason why Christians in the region are being murdered - not that they would give a Damn, all they want is what they believe the bible says.

    The US may believe it is a secular country. It may have that in its constitution but since the 80's the US has developed a growing and now massive following of Christian Extremists hell bent on getting what they see as their bible coming true. As it happens democracy and their enormous voting power is what has given them this position. They have been in a holy war with Muslims for a very long time, destroying their countries and resulting in the deaths of millions. No tyrants which the US is can carry on for ever. Sadly it is innocent Christians in the ME who are paying the price for the American Christian Rights Holy war on Muslims.
     
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    Nothing to do with it. 7th century Wahhabist Islam is waking up . . . although what you say might well be the impetus for its awakening . . . and they're smart enough to know that the dumbed-down West is now ripe for the taking.
     
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    Blaming Christians for an attack on Christians is exactly the same as blaming Muslims for an attack on Muslims.

    Welcome to the gray zone where far left and far right walk hand in hand. Oh well, what's life without a little romance...even if it involves sleepwalking* with the enemy.

    *the sleep of reason...
     
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    What a load of absolute tripe..
     
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    As you know I did not say that was what had happened. I said it was the most likely reason.

    I believe they were strong on the coup against Morsi. I also understand that the Muslim Brotherhood were protecting Christians during the original 'Arab Spring' when they were being attacked and I think there was some belief that the Military may have secretly been involved in this.
    I see you are not being serious in your attempt to deny reality. There were however people here, possibly Christians who believed the Rohingya deserved the genocide committed against them.
     
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    alexa Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So your attitude to a well researched subject over several years is that it is tripe. Now you clearly just do not like what you hear so insult.
     
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    Your posts are always.."its true, because I say so"...you are obviously pro islamic, so everything
    you post can be taken with a grain of salt...list me ten positive things about mohammed or islam....
     
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    I can help with that, here my TOP 3:

    1) all women can save lot of money, no need to makeup or go to hairdresser
    2) islam is nice anti-feminist movement, power to the men
    3) you can have multiple wives, one for childcare, one for cleaning/cook/laundry, one for partying and sex - WINNING
     
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    alexa Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I almost always leave sources. However your posts are always hateful towards Muslims in exactly the same way as people were towards Jews calling them an infestation and so on. I have never seen you talk of anything but your hate and I am quite sure you will get started on Jews once you have finished with Muslims.
     
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    And why do you always defend Muslims, prey tell?
    It's basically a hate ideology, very similar to Nazism. It's full of calls for violence towards non-Muslims.

    We are waiting for you tell us the positive things Islam has brought to the word. ;)
     
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