You can bet all the Mosques will be open as normal, The churches had planned to resume services this weekend, you’d think the ring of muslims singing kumbaya we heard about would have got the message by now. Of course the majority Buddhists ignore this behaviour at their peril, because when the Christians disappear, they will be the next targets, it’s a pattern that repeats.
From the Daily Mail
Catholic Mass services in Sri Lanka are cancelled for a second weekend after warnings of two possible attacks on churches
- Church received ‘specific information of two possible attacks against churches’
- It decided to call off May 5 mass, a spokesman for Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said
- It had planned to resume public services for the first time since Easter attacks
Catholic services are being cancelled for a second weekend in Sri Lanka’s capital amid fears of fresh bomb attacks.
The Church received ‘specific information of two possible attacks against churches’ and it was decided to call off the May 5 mass, a spokesman for Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said Thursday.
‘On the advice of the security forces, we have decided not to have Sunday masses in any of the churches,’ the spokesman said.
The Church had planned to resume public services for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks at churches and luxury hotels which killed 257 people.
Last week, Muslims were told to stay home for Friday prayers and all of Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches were closed.
Instead of the usual Sunday Mass in Colombo, Ranjith delivered a homily before clergy and national leaders at his residence that aired on television.
A Cabinet minister said Tuesday that intelligence warnings had indicated government ministers could be targeted by the same Islamic State-linked group that carried out the April 21 suicide bombings.
Ranjith has criticised the government’s apparent failure to share near-specific intelligence on the Easter plot and some of the suspects involved.
Sri Lankan police late Wednesday released the names and photographs of nine suicide bombers who carried out the Easter attacks.
They included extremist preacher Mohamed Zahran, also known as Zahran Hashim, who was described as the attack leader.
It also revealed a suicide bomber’s wife, who blew herself up, along with her children and three police officers, at a villa belonging to her father-in-law, who is a prominent spice trader.
Authorities suspect members of two previously little-known groups – National Thawheedh Jamaath (NTJ) and Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim – of carrying out the attacks, although the Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility.
The government lifted a ban on social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and viber, a source at the president’s office said. The ban had been imposed immediately after the attacks to prevent the spread of rumours.
The government also banned women from wearing face veils under an emergency law put in place after the Easter attacks.
Sri Lanka’s 22 million population is mostly Buddhist but includes minority Christians, Muslims and Hindus.

CRUSADER says
Not sure who this cancellation of church services really serves.
Seems weak.
Christians must be stronger than that.
Dawne says
Can only think there must still be active, ongoing threats known about.
mortimer says
The Koran is a declaration of war against Trinitarian Christianity. ‘Wrong-worshipping’ (shirk) or ‘ascribing partners to Allah’ is the worst of crimes in Islam, so Christians are key targets of Muslims.
Mohammed foolishly believed and claimed in the Koran that Jews worshipped the prophet EZRA as the ‘son of Allah’ … a completely absurd idea, since Ezra was a champion of monotheism and enemy of idol worship.
That claim in K.9:30 is a pretext for attacking Jews and Christians and denying them of human rights and civil liberties.
ISIS is not dead and continues to receive hundreds of millions in funding. The world should follow this money trail and punish the sources of terrorist funding.
Geoffrey de Brito says
The Qur’an is a declaration of war against any and ALL not of the Ummah.
Trinitarian Christianity may indeed be at the top of the list or it may simply be that Christians represent the greatest potential threat to Islam’s agenda.
Dawne says
“Of course the majority Buddhists ignore this behaviour at their peril, because when the Christians disappear, they will be the next targets” Yes – and I won’t be feeling sorry for them then….
gravenimage says
I will, in any case.
But I hope they rally to threatened Christians now.
Steven RSA says
‘On the advice of the security forces, we have decided not to have Sunday masses in any of the churches,’ the spokesman said.
Really, the quote should read ‘There will be an overwhelming security force presence at all Christian churches, in order to prevent or suppress any Islamic attack on Christians.”
After all, the candle-lit teddy-bear mantra of civilised people after any and all Muslim attacks is usually along the lines of “we will not give in to terror”, is it not?
Geoffrey de Brito says
“It also revealed a suicide bomber’s wife, who blew herself up, along with her children”
That is the fanaticism of the rabid dog and there’s only one way to deal with a rabid dog. You put it out of its misery. Until a society is willing to deport ALL* Muslims, the cancer that is Islam will continue to spread within. Half measures merely delay the inevitable.
* It is impossible to reliably vett ‘moderate’ Muslims from violent jihadists. ALL Muslims condone the “soft jihad” of infiltrative sedition and hijrah, i.e. migratory jihad. ‘Moderate’ Muslims produce younger Muslims who are attracted to Islam’s inherent violence because the moderate adult has no counter to Allah’s explicit and numerous calls to violence.
Michael Copeland says
“As dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog”
Churchill
gravenimage says
Catholic Mass services in Sri Lanka are cancelled for a second weekend
You can bet all the Mosques will be open as normal
……………….
Grimly true.