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Sri Lanka: Seven Muslims arrested for Easter Sunday jihad massacres, death toll passes 190

Apr 21, 2019 7:54 am By Robert Spencer

Sri Lanka’s defense minister Ruwan Wijewardena “blamed religious extremists for what he called the ‘unfortunate terrorist incident.'”

But even in this hour of crisis neither he nor other authorities worldwide will dare to identify exactly what kind of “religious extremists” were involved, even though Indian media has already identified two of them by name: Zahran Hashim and Abu Mohammad.

The jihad advances with impunity, and the powers of the world cower before it, portray Muslims as the true victims, and kowtow to its enablers and allies.

“Sri Lanka blasts: Seven suspects arrested as death toll reaches 190,” 9News, April 21, 2019:

Seven suspects have been arrested over the Easter Sunday terror bombings at churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, that killed at least 190 people and wounded hundreds more.

Sri Lanka’s defense minister Ruwan Wijewardena confirmed the arrests, according to Associated Press.

Eight blasts, thought to have been targeting worshippers and tourists, were reported across the country today, in the worst bout of violence in Sri Lanka since the South Asian country’s bloody civil war ended a decade ago. The death toll is expected to rise.

The government has imposed an island-wide curfew and a social media shutdown.

Earlier, the defense minister blamed religious extremists for what he called the “unfortunate terrorist incident”.

He said those “involved in this unfortunate terrorist incident will be taken into custody as soon as possible.”

About 8.45am local time, six near-simultaneous explosions occurred across three churches and three hotels.

St. Anthony’s Shrine and the hotels, Shangri-La, Kingsbury and the Cinnamon Grand, are in Colombo, the capital, and are frequented by foreign tourists.

The other blasts were at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, a majority Catholic town north of Colombo, and at Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa….

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  1. Old Fat Bald Socially Inept Ron says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 8:32 am

    Maybe Pope Francis needs to double up on his Muslim foot kissing tour?

  2. max priapi says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 8:34 am

    But But But… to quote Ilhan Omar. It is just some people who did some thing. I am so worried about Islamophobia and the safety of Muslims now… of course… because that is the only thing that matters.

    • Savvy Kafir says

      Apr 21, 2019 at 9:12 am

      For the politically correct, in any instance of Muslim-infidel conflict, the safety, welfare, and ruffled feathers of their precious Muslim “friends” is all that matters — unaware that these “friends” would virtually eat them alive if given the opportunity. .. which they will have in the not-so-distant future, if things continue as they’re going.

      • Daniel Brofford says

        Apr 21, 2019 at 9:28 am

        You are so right Savvy Kafir. They will say to the Muslims before the Muslims cut their heads off, hey I helped you in every way I could that is why you are the boss now, and the Muslims will say off with your head you useful idiot haha. Then right after they die they will hear Jesus say, off to the lake of fire for eternity with the devil you helpers of evil.

  3. balafama says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 8:35 am

    how on earth are we expected to live peacefully with these people?

    • Savvy Kafir says

      Apr 21, 2019 at 9:17 am

      No reasonable, well-informed person would expect us to be able to live with Muslims peacefully.

      • Muslima says

        Apr 21, 2019 at 7:39 pm

        Nobody cares if swines want too or not want to live by muslims….you reap what you sow….you did start it….so stop playing victim

        • Mark Swan says

          Apr 22, 2019 at 2:45 am

          Muslima,

          Bloody murder, that, is how this came to be.

          Open your eyes and realize that the World will not stop turning,
          if you step-back and take a long hard look at what you have been
          following, is it what you really want for yourself and your children.

          Humans have slaughtered one another since the beginning,
          too often under the guise of religion.

          Should everyone take to claiming by force, what ever they want?

          Violence can not end violence.

      • Charles Lutz says

        Apr 23, 2019 at 6:19 pm

        Savvy Kafir, have you noticed that no bombings occurred at any of the Boodist temples at the same time Christian churches were attacked ?? Because Boodists were aware enough to have security people at the front door. One of the jihadis was caught on security camera going into a church WHILE WEARING A LARGE PACKSACK.

  4. Michael Copeland says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 8:59 am

    ” this unfortunate terrorist incident”…….
    TRANSLATION:
    this dutiful act of Islamic doctrine.

    “Islam is a religion of blood for the infidels …
    Kill them. Put them to the sword.” – Ayatollah Khomeini

    “Islam is a religion of killing” – Al Baghdadi, Caliph of IS

    “Muslims must kill non-muslims wherever they
    are unless they convert to Islam” – Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt

    • Kelvin Klien says

      Apr 21, 2019 at 11:30 am

      The difference between a Rat snake and a Rattlesnake, is ones goal is to strike an Kill

    • Muslima says

      Apr 21, 2019 at 7:46 pm

      Shane you werent the one there. I wish all victims were them who muttered filth whilst feasting on pigs that they are (as you). Then we can be happy to be rid but unfortunately you are alive…..and the reason of your family (the terrorists) acts of murder

      • somehistory says

        Apr 22, 2019 at 11:16 pm

        Muslima

        Your foolish comment makes less sense than a pencil without lead. And your “thinking” is full of spoiled and rancid baloney.

    • elee says

      Apr 21, 2019 at 9:07 pm

      Islamophobic slanders! Oh wait…….Muslims said these things. Well in that case………

  5. CRUSADER says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 9:08 am

    It is important to NAME the enemy.

  6. Ecosse1314 says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 9:27 am

    BBC website still at a loss as to who carried out this atrocity.

    • libertyORdeath says

      Apr 21, 2019 at 9:45 am

      Just saw a BBC commentator say he’s worried about possible “human rights abuses” resulting from the attacks. Not more attacks, no worry for the victims, but backlash against muslims are the primary concern as usual these days. It does seem odd that the BBC seemed to rush to naming the Christchurch shooter and his motives as a white supremacist, yet even when they have identified the two suicide bombers and arrested 7 others no mention of who they are or what their motives were.

      • Ecosse1314 says

        Apr 21, 2019 at 10:01 am

        Said on another post. Muslims commit an atrocity and the west rushes to protect them. Police give warning about mythical attacks on muslimes; politicians and Christian clerics rush to assure us that Islam is a religion of peace..blad de blah.

        • Muslima says

          Apr 21, 2019 at 7:43 pm

          West ‘rushes to protect them’ Muslims? The west are bombing and stealing from them you thick swine. Muslkms aint gona take that shit anymore. If you gona throw a punch, then to be expected a few punches back. R.i.p sri lanka victims and new zealand. I guess many people must die in the west greed for power and wealth which never belonged to them the oinkies

  7. JD Rucker says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 9:40 am

    Not all news outlets are avoiding the obvious radical Islamic connection https://noqreport.com/2019/04/21/sri-lanka-attacks-committed-religious-extremists/

  8. ACrowForBreakfast says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 12:41 pm

    Waiting for the tears, candles, and flowers, as millions of moderate muslims show their sympathy and empathy for those others slaughtered while innocently practising the rituals of their faith?
    Wait…
    Wait…

    • EC says

      Apr 22, 2019 at 5:46 am

      Folks, you all read the babble from muslima who would like you all to think that muslims are victims. There are many words to describe muslims, none pleasant, but victim is not one of them. Muslima called you pigs.. Amusing actually because pigs are actually quite intelligent.. Certainly more so than Muslima and her ilk. Make no mistake.. We are at war with muslims but it is not a war that we started or have even yet declared. Over 1000 Christians have been murdered by muslims since some people/person did something in Christchurch.

  9. somehistory says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 12:59 pm

    According to Reuters, more than 200 are dead. An interesting paragraph from their report:
    “n its 2018 report on Sri Lanka’s human rights, the U.S. State Department noted that some Christian groups and churches reported they had been pressured to end worship meetings after authorities classified them as “unauthorized gatherings.”
    **********************************************************************************

    When seeing the first reports on this last night…before anything was posted on this site…I knew it had to be moslims. But, according tot he same Reuters report, the majority religion in the country is Buddhism and they have been attempting to stop Christians from having church services. From the report:

    “Last year, there were 86 verified incidents of discrimination, threats and violence against Christians, according to the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL), which represents more than 200 churches and other Christian organizations.
    This year, the NCEASL recorded 26 such incidents, including one in which Buddhist monks allegedly attempted to disrupt a Sunday worship service, with the last one reported on March 25.”
    *************************************

    Of course, bombings are worse than “disruption of services”….unless these are also involving murder…but this country is no safe place for Christians to meet/

    With more than 400 injured, the death toll may continue to rise.

    • somehistory says

      Apr 21, 2019 at 2:05 pm

      The moslim said that “the country belongs to moslims.” This doesn’t sit will with the guy, a Buddhist monk, in this BBC article from 2015.
      “This country belongs to the Sinhalese, and it is the Sinhalese who built up its civilisation, culture and settlements. The white people created all the problems,” says Gnanasara Thero angrily.”

      https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32929855

  10. Guy Forester says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 1:26 pm

    What most people in the US and western countries do not understand is how dependent many countries are on cash remittances from OPEC countries. South and Southeast Asian countries send hundreds of thousands of people to work in these oil rich despotic hell holes. Some to become perpetual slaves and suffer terrible treatment, beatings, rapes, and even murder. Yet many get relatively good paying jobs and send that money home to build local businesses, homes, pay for education, and then retire with some real money.

    Many of these developing countries would be far shakier without that cash. Of course, the top level kleptomaniacs get a skim from each paycheck and remittance. So, does anyone really expect any of the guys, Duterte included, to really come out and ID the real enemy? Will Sri Lanka be the first one to actually name the real culprits and make a real effort to put these so called holy warriors where they belong? Deport those that are not native to the land that come only to raise hell?

    BTW, the UK, Australia, and NZ are in the same boat. Hundreds of thousands work in these oil rich hell holes and send tax free money back home. They buy homes and cars that they otherwise could not afford. Without the influx of this cash, these countries would be in far worse economic condition. Most manufacturing went to China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other third world low pay countries. Does that explain why these people that should know better roll over, play dead, say nice things, and otherwise try to keep the peace with those that wish to enslave them?

  11. elee says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 3:06 pm

    Aren’t you glad we’ve got a Muslim on the House Foreign Affairs Committee? Hey white men, apologise for this too! Go to your room without dinner, and when you come out be prepared to revile yourself some more.

  12. somehistory says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 4:00 pm

    Reuters has updated its report. 13 arrested. and this:

    “But in a sign that the attacks on three churches and four hotels could lead to communal violence, police reported on Sunday night that there had been a petrol bomb attack on a mosque in the northwestern district of Puttalum and arson attacks on two shops owned by Muslims in the western district of Kalutara.
    The government has acknowledged that it had “prior information” of attacks on churches involving a little known local Islamist group but didn’t do enough about it.”

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 21, 2019 at 4:46 pm

      I see the real concern is–as always–the usually fictive “backlash”.

      Sickening dhimmitude.

  13. gravenimage says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 4:46 pm

    Sri Lanka: Seven Muslims arrested for Easter Sunday jihad massacres, death toll passes 190
    ………………..

    Just horrifying. At least they are arresting the Jihadists.

  14. El-Franko says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 8:39 pm

    Isn’t it amazing, not a single Islamic Religious Leader ever comes out and says their “religious doctrine” needs to remove all of the hate and predjudice clauses from it…….There is no such thing as rating some Muslims as Islamic Extremists. All Muslims are “extremists” and the creed tjey follow makes it so. You will note, none of the Western Leaders all urgent their citizens to be tolerant of Muslims and Islam are threatening to ban this so Caledonia religion if they don’t reform the religious doctrine……Instead they promote it and even fund it by allowing “Halal Certifification” agencies to impose Islamic taxes on consumers (under the false notion that their countries food and health standards are not good enough for Muslims).Islam is a curse on the free world. My sympathy is with the Non-Muslim Sri-Lankan people and their Leaders should take a Hard Line against all Muslims there.

  15. peter says

    Apr 21, 2019 at 10:36 pm

    Islam is nothing but Mohamed’s poop!

  16. somehistory says

    Apr 22, 2019 at 12:05 am

    “290 people were killed and about 500 wounded ”
    Source: Reuters

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 22, 2019 at 12:09 am

      Yes–the figures keep getting worse. Thanks for the grim update.

  17. Brian hoff says

    Apr 22, 2019 at 4:47 am

    Than Buddhists sect that is very violence was behind the bombing any you cannot discount the hindu terrorist that wage than 26 years terrorist campaign against thej government.

    • EC says

      Apr 22, 2019 at 5:51 am

      Rubbish Brian, stop making excuses for muslim bad behavior.

  18. somehistory says

    Apr 22, 2019 at 11:20 pm

    Perhaps the moderator will “moderate” away this vile “muslima.” This evil creature is trying to cause pain for those who may have loved ones who are victims of murder committed by her brothers and sisters in islam. This creature has nothing to add to a decent discussion and is not just disagreeing, but is being worse than some others who have commented.

  19. somehistory says

    Apr 22, 2019 at 11:25 pm

    EC

    I would rather be a pig than a moslim. Rather a baboon, monkey, rat or bacteria, than a moslim.
    Thankfully, I don’t have to be anything other than a rational human who loves The True God, His Son and life, as opposed to a moslim who has no love, and knows no love and no real life, but wastes their existence serving satan the devil..

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