Religions are good for nothing but brainwashing, stupidity, and never ending violence. "Sri Lanka Declares State of Emergency to Quell Buddhist-Muslim Violence"

Wikipedia: In a 2008 Gallup poll, Sri Lanka was ranked the third most religious country in the world, with 99% of Sri Lankans saying religion was an important part of their daily life.

99% of the population are religious fucktards so of course there would be religious violence there.

Wikipedia - Buddhism: The belief that there is an afterlife and not everything ends with death, that Buddha taught and followed a successful path to nirvana;[170] according to Peter Harvey, the right view is held in Buddhism as a belief in the Buddhist principles of karma and rebirth, and the importance of the Four Noble Truths and the True Realities.

Sri Lankan soldiers removed debris from a vandalized building in Digana, a suburb of Kandy, on March 6. Buddhist groups swept through the town Monday, burning Muslim-owned shops and homes.

Wall Street Journal: Sri Lanka Declares State of Emergency to Quell Buddhist-Muslim Violence. Muslim-owned shops are destroyed as extremist tensions flare; one person killed in fire.

By Uditha Jayasinghe March 6, 2018 7 COMMENTS

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—A state of emergency was declared Tuesday after clashes between Muslims and Buddhists killed at least one person and scores of houses and shops were burned down.

The fighting, which erupted Monday, saw some 27 Muslim-owned shops and businesses as well as several houses set on fire in the central hill town of Digana. The clashes spread to the nearby towns of Theldeniya and Pallakelle, where Buddhist houses were also attacked. At least one mosque was damaged overnight.

Buddhist-Muslim tensions have flared in recent years with the growth of extremist Buddhist organizations, which accuse Muslims of forcing people to convert to Islam and destroying sacred Buddhist sites. Hate groups in Sri Lanka have spread their message on social media platforms.

Some Buddhist nationalists are also protesting against Muslim Rohingya asylum seekers from mostly Buddhist Myanmar, where Buddhist nationalism has also been on the rise.

To prevent further fighting, the Sri Lankan government declared a state of emergency following a special cabinet meeting Tuesday.

Police fired tear gas at the crowds and arrested 24 people Monday. Several petrol bombs were found and confiscated by police Tuesday morning. A 24-year-old was found dead after his home was set ablaze by mobs on Monday night, police said.

More than 1,000 police, army and special forces were deployed to the area. Police countrywide have been placed on alert as Muslim communities in the eastern part of the country and capital city of Colombo protested the violence, demanding action from the government.

“We completely condemn this violence and have already initiated investigations into the incidents,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a statement to the parliament. He called for calm and pledged to provide compensation to affected parties.

Muslim parliamentarians protested in parliament, insisting repeated clashes had made them lose faith in law enforcement authorities. Opposition Tamil politicians also condemned what they saw as government inaction on escalating violence between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims.

Buddhists make up about 74% of Sri Lanka’s population, with Tamils at 12% and Muslims at 10% being the two largest minorities in the country’s 20 million population.

Sri Lanka emerged from a 27-year war in 2009 that was waged between the government and separatist group Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam. Since a change of government in 2015, Sri Lanka has been making tentative progress with reconciliation.