Religious Intolerance SRI LANKA

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Religious Intolerance SRI LANKA
OP - April 22, 2012, 12:38 PM

I was a Muslim woman now married to a British Christian man. I am in the process of coverting from Islam to Christianity. Its been a costly exercise as i have been forced to flee my homeland. Why do people think that SRI LANKA is a religious tolerant society. IT IS NO SUCH THING. My family have threatened me and my children with death for marrying a Christian and not the second Muslim man of THEIR choice. I am now in the process of rejecting Islam totally in favour of Christianity and equality of the sexes. I will be baptised in NOvember 2012.
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Re: Religious Intolerance SRI LANKA
Reply #1 - April 22, 2012, 12:46 PM

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Reply #2 - April 22, 2012, 02:06 PM

I don't know enough about Sri Lanka to think one way or the other if the country in general is religiously tolerant. However what I do think is tolerance begins with individuals. It is very sad that your family lacks the love and family bond to respect your choice, intelligence and dignity to service as you see fit or not to if that had been your choice. As your knowledge as Christian expands you will perhaps realize that it is a fulfilment of prophecy that religious thought in general will be looked down on. So try not to take it to personal and don't join to prejudicial thinking knowingly. Always try to promote tolerance and freedom of choice no matter what unfairness is done to you.

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Reply #3 - April 22, 2012, 02:16 PM

Dearest Dunstablian I really really hope you find true happiness
finally! If nothing else, a very happy married life.

I left christianity to become a muslim. Now I am an agnostic
and atheist (i switch back and forth alot lol)

While most here are atheists and agnostics after leaving
islam. we welcome you with open arms, and hope so much
that you will finally be free to choose what you want, without
fear of threats or even death.

Again, a warm welcome!

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Re: Religious Intolerance SRI LANKA
Reply #4 - April 22, 2012, 02:16 PM

Sorry to hear about your situation Dunstablian

The truth is though, if you are facing issues over your religious decision from your family, I'm not sure it reflects on wider Sri Lankan society. Ex Muslims in the most tolerant and free societies on earth, in Europe, America, Canada etc face similar issues from family and community pressures.

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Reply #5 - April 22, 2012, 02:23 PM

Dunstable.
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Reply #6 - April 22, 2012, 02:25 PM

Well done for leaving Islam, not well done for accepting zombie belief.

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Reply #7 - April 23, 2012, 05:03 AM

Thank you and God bless you.
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Reply #8 - April 23, 2012, 05:08 AM

You may be right but dont we all view lifes varied aspects through our own personal experiences? Also laws are about to be passed in Sri Lanka which will make it ilegal for anyone to convert a Buddhist to Christianity. Hence my belief that generally it is an intolerant religious society for Muslims, Buddhists, Christians and of course we all know about the fate of the largely Hindu Tamils there from the recent Channel 4 documentaries where 40.000 were raped and/or executed in 2009 alone. God bless.
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Reply #9 - April 23, 2012, 05:09 AM

Thanks...... each to his own. God bless.
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Reply #10 - April 23, 2012, 05:11 AM

Thanks and may God bless you whoever he or she is !!
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Reply #11 - April 23, 2012, 05:17 AM

Welcome
:p I favor Christianity over Islam, ONLY because its more flexible to how one wants to worship. It doesn't have to be suffocating religion if you don't want it to be.

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Reply #12 - April 23, 2012, 08:47 AM

All religion is hogwash but Christianity never really appealed to me; some guy dying for my sins 2,000 + years ago when I wasn't even born? Don't get me started with the trinity dichotomy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBUc_kATGgg
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Reply #13 - April 23, 2012, 08:48 AM

Sri Lanka isn't a tolerant place according to the ethnic Tamils (Hindus, Christians and Buddhists) that I have spoken to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBUc_kATGgg
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Reply #14 - April 24, 2012, 04:36 PM

Welcome, Dunstablian.
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Reply #15 - May 06, 2012, 07:46 PM

Please don't blame Sri Lanka as a whole. Sri Lankan Muslim community (7% - 8% of the total population) is known to be very conservative. But that doesn't mean the entire population is religiously intolerance.
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Reply #16 - May 06, 2012, 07:54 PM

Quote from: 247read on April 23, 2012, 08:48 AM
Sri Lanka isn't a tolerant place according to the ethnic Tamils (Hindus, Christians and Buddhists) that I have spoken to.

They are trying to carve out a separate country from Sri Lanka and majority Sinhalese (Buddhists and Christians oppose that idea. So the Tamils in western countries will say anything to discredit Sri Lanka and sometimes to extend their refugee visa.
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Reply #17 - May 06, 2012, 10:35 PM

If they feel disenfranchised then why can't they demand greater autonomy or even an independent state?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBUc_kATGgg
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