The decisions that was made on the 22nd and the
progress of it was measured. The Muslim Community and the Negombo Citizens
Society mentioned their satisfaction and happiness about there being no conflict
situation due to the intervening of the security forces. The main request of the religious leaders of
the Muslim Community and the youth was to meet the Christian leaders and
express their sadness and the condolences regarding the tragic incident created
by the extreme group and explain why they could not attend the funerals of
their neighbors.
As a result, an
invitation was made to the Rev.Fr. Sisvan Crooze, to the discussion and created
an opportunity to discuss the matters
In
order to prevent the clashes between communities when people are gathered, it
was decided to request to the Islamic leaders not to conduct the 26th
services of Mosques.
The Muslim Community informed that they
should inform this request to the ‘Jamaithul Ulama’ organization to obtain the
permission. However, we realized that the request was granted by the
‘Ulama’organization that religious leaders of regional level Mosques have the
permission to take the decision.
A protest was organized by a group of people against
our center for requesting Muslim leaders to participate our discussions and
help us to maintain peace and harmony in the area.
The matter was settled after Fr. Crooze explained them about the steps
that we have taken to maintain the peace and harmony.
It was
agreed to maintain reports of the incidents that was happened after the
unfortunate tragedy to be taken appropriate security measures and to meet the
relevant authorities
It was also
decided to organize a ‘Press Conference’ in Colombo to share the views of civil
society organizations in relation to the incidents that was happened and to
help the Muslim Community express their feeling about the present situation as they
have no opportunity share their views. Sharenie Sharoor, Prasanga Fernando and
Herman Kumara took the responsibility for organizing the event.
