Sri Lanka blasts: At least 138 dead and more than 560 injured in multiple church and hotel explosions

The religion of peace at work, I'm betting.

I'm not religious -and I don't believe in hell ...but I hope there is one, for anybody who intentionally targets hospitals, schools, or a peaceful house of worship (no matter what the faith).

That's fucked up.

directrelief.org --- legit, global aid, donations go to country of your choice. There was just another explosion a few mins. ago.

Islam

So easy to say that Muslims were behind these attacks. They must be the cause for everything that goes wrong in the world according to many small-minded people. Too early to blame anyone. Seems that OP just wants to spread fear and mistrust rather than grieve. Which is what we all should be doing at this time.

R5, fuck you! Anyone with a brain knows damn well who is responsible.

Some people did something.

Could be Buddhists.

The left is doing everything in their power to deflect blame from Muslims! Not going to work

Trump’s Muslim ban was the smartest thing he ever proposed.

They are very fine people on both sides.

Yes r10

Sri Lanka would make a perfect testing ground for nuclear bombs.

We destroyed the Middle East and North Africa, killing, displacing and causing to be killed, hundreds of millions of people , mostly Muslims. Much of our destruction was driven by Zionist and Military Industrial Complex control of Weatern foreign policy,

But our hands are spotless, huh? Fucking hYso rites.

Oh wait, I forgot about our relentless attacks on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

R14 - you’re so funny

R14, is a raghead

There’s doesn’t seem to be as much as sympathy from the internet as the New Zealand mosque shooting. Leftists hate Christians:

R13. WTF? It's apparent you know nothing of Sri Lanka.

It's most likely Buddhist extremists. Sri Lanka is full of hardcore Buddhist purists who want ALL other religions driven from the island. Since the defeat of the LTTE, the Buddhist extremists have focused their ire on Christians (Burghers), because they hold a disproportionate amount of wealth and power, being the descendants of Portuguese, Dutch and British colonists.

It's natural for those uninformed about Sri Lankan history to point the finger at Muslims, but the Muslim population there is both small and non-confrontational. Throughout the civil war, they did their best to stay out of conflict between the Sinhalese Buddhist majority and the Tamil Hindu minority.

Speaking of which, the Tamil Tigers were the pioneers of suicide bombing, a tactic which Islamic terrorists later adopted with enthusiasm. However their beef is not with the Christian population, so it's unlikely that Tamils are responsible for these attacks.

Suicide bombers are a unique gift Islam has given the world.

R14, muslims have been pulling this shit continually for 1,400 years. You are actually justifying a complete ban on Muslim immigration, perhaps expulsion as well, since you seem to say they are justified in blowing up their infidel neighbors, which is just one of their many ways of committing violence against infidels as ordered and sanctified by their Islamic god.

R20, is just being a willful retard

[quote]Suicide bombers are a unique gift Islam has given the world.

R21 is misinformed. No doubt Islamic terrorists are responsible for most suicide bombings in the world today. But it was the LTTE who pioneered its use in guerrilla warfare. They were the world leaders in suicide terrorism for more than 20 years.

Sri Lanka is magnificent and generally the people are very friendly Fabulous food One of my favorite vacation spots. Bourdain's episode is a good introduction for those interested.

The suicide bombers were identified as Zahran Hashim and Abu Mohammed, according to a link someone posted in the other thread about this topic.

Apparently there were seven arrested but no names have been revealed yet. The silence speaks volumes you know?

Only 26 replies so far?

I stand corrected, R23.

Islam is a virus. They have the world in their palm . They don’t care what they do, they will invariably defend.

The perpetrators were militant Muslims who targeted another minority group. If they had attacked major Buddhist sites during a festival there probably wouldn’t be a Muslim population within a week. Would love to hear from Ilhan and Linda on this. It’s certainly “something”.

Muslims and Jews...troublemakers of the world.

R24

I have a ton of airline miles and hotel points banked up, and would absolutely love to go to Sri Lanka, but haven't gotten my act together to use them to plan a trip yet. Years ago when I lived in New York the ex and I would sometimes go to a Sri Lankan restaurant.

Gee, think this was provided by those who belong to that alleged religion of peace ?

R33, so are you posting from Vladivostok or Moscow.

R20 thoughtfully explains the dynamics of the decades long civil war in Sri Lanka. Other posters, who didn't know Sri Lanka existed 10 hours ago, wrong!

R20: could this be the work of outside Muslims?

For those curious about gay Lankans...

And still no one cares. How sad.

This just in: That little annoying Palestinian chick Leen Dweik who accosted Chelsea Clinton says she blames Gal Gadot for the Sri Lanka blasts.

Cinnamon Grand Hotel, one of the hotels hit

I'm a bit surprised the hotel where most UN and NGO staff stay - i won't name it here - wasn't hit.

I would have thought a Hilton or other chain, but I guess they have good security?

I went to SL a few years ago for 3 weeks. Unbelievably gorgeous and way cleaner than India. Food was incredible.

Zahran Hashim and Abu Mohammed

Definitely Islamist attack

R41, the Islamic lovers will never accept

Lived in Colombo for a year, stayed in the gorgeous and truly 5-star Cinnamon Grand my first month. Shocking events today. Nothing like this has ever happened in Sri Lanka, way different from the war.

what r42 said.

Update:

[quote] "A foreign intelligence agency has reported that the NTJ [National Thowheeth Jama'ath, a radical Muslim group in Sri Lanka] is planning to carry out suicide attacks targeting prominent churches as well as the Indian high commission in Colombo," the alert said, according to AFP.

[quote] Officials are yet to officially say who they believe is behind the attacks.

[quote] The Tamil Tigers, once a powerful rebel army known for its use of suicide bombers, was crushed by the government in 2009, and had little history of targeting Christians.

[quote] While anti-Muslim feeling has swept the island in recent years, fed by Buddhist nationalists, the island has no history of violent Muslim militants.

Looks like I was wrong about the perpetrators likely being Buddhists. I based that opinion on the fact that, as the article above notes, the Muslim community in Lanka has no history of violent extremism, plus recent years have seen the rise of a militant Buddhist movement, the BBS. However, it looks like the perpetrators were Muslims, and, what's more surprising, homegrown ones, not foreigners.

This is really bad for the people of Sri Lanka, the majority of whom (Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim and Christian) are peaceful and non-extremist. Beautiful country, beautiful people, before this I would have urged everyone to visit there.

[quote]This is really bad for the people of Sri Lanka, the majority of whom (Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim and Christian) are peaceful and non-extremist.

Rubbish! The Sinhalese Buddhist and Tamil Hindus have been in conflict with each other for decades for dominance and control. As Tamil Muslim population increases, they are challenging Sinhalese dominance.

R14 Islam destroyed the Middle East and North Africa (and East and West Africa and much of Asia) long before "we" knew those regions existed. The West and the Jews are not the cause of Muslim misfortune. Islam is.

And speaking of lying to protect their fetish, the BBC reported that ""It remains unclear who was behind the attacks, but 24 arrests were made by police", even though other media had already reported that two of the attackers were Muslims.

Mainstream US media is largely ignoring this Muslim terrorist attack, focusing instead in the Mueller report.

Oh, what a surprise!

Morning Joe had a feature on it. Fox and CNN featured it on their morning shows.

They gave more coverage to New Zealand because unfortunately Sri Lanka is a third worldwide country.

They gave more coverage to New Zealand because Muslims were killed by Whites. Anything else would have been largely ignored just as this is being largely ignored.

Ceylon sounds nicer. I don't know why they changed but I guess they didn't want to be confused with the tea.

Lol. The tea is from Sri Lanka .. formerly Ceylon .

Horrific.

I love when you hear the inevitable “Islam has nothing to do with it” knee jerk reactions. If not, why are all suicide bombers Muslim? How many Christians or Jews have blown themselves up in Islamic countries?

[quote]I love when you hear the inevitable “Islam has nothing to do with it” knee jerk reactions. If not, why are all suicide bombers Muslim?

I don’t know. Maybe you should ask Barack Obama.

He was the loudest peddler of the “Islam has nothing to do with it” line of bullshit.

It wasn’t the Buddhists?! I am shocked!! Muslims are so peaceful

Of course!

[quote]Trump’s Muslim ban was the smartest thing he ever proposed.

Mohammad Salman Hamdani was worth 100 Trumps. While Trump was running around on 9/11 crowing that his building was now the tallest building in New York City, Hamdani was racing to the scene of the disaster, to help his fellow Americans, and died when the buildings collapsed.

But of course it's an amazing idea to ban people from the country based on their religion. So very American an idea.

r60 is a one post troll. Keep that in mind.

No one throws troll claims around like an actual troll. It's easy to check someone's posting history, r61, which you may not know, having come over here from Gab, no doubt.

Meanwhile it's noted that you can't respond to the substance of my post, so we will take that as your surrender on the subject of your bigotry and an acknowledgement of your feeble debating skills.

R57 When you need to understand how we ended up with President Trump, it's good to look back at stuff like this. Obama played right into their hands by not addressing Islamic terrorists.

[Quote] No one throws troll claims around like an actual troll.

Sure, Jan.

[Quote] It's easy to check someone's posting history, [R61], which you may not know, having come over here from Gab, no doubt.

r62/hon, I've been at the DL since the first month. YOU HAVEN'T, DEAR. Where am I trolling? Be specific. You can't but nice try, hon.

r62 is now a two post troll.

Typical. Yet people will try to deflect the blame to ANYONE but Muslims.

The media buries the words “Islamic terrorists”. Yet it’s the Jews “who control the media”. ??

WTF??

Just say radical extreme MUSLIM terrorists like they are.; can't live with people of other faiths and don't want to see others being happy. Just evil.

The Muslims just had a different idea of an Easter egg hunt.

[quote]Typical. Yet people will try to deflect the blame to ANYONE but Muslims.

[quote]The media buries the words “Islamic terrorists”. Yet it’s the Jews “who control the media”. ??

Priceless. Poisonous bigot happily proclaims his poisonous bigotry, then is aghast at other peoples' poisonous bigotry.

It's not like he's wrong. I was there when reddit furiously censored all mention of Islam in the Orlando massacre. The /news mods deleted a post for blood donations ffs. Some lefties have the most warped fondness for Islam as seen in this thread.

"Fondness for Islam." What a bizarre bunch of bigoted trolls.

Islam’s biggest contribution to the world is the suicide bomber.

[Quote] Priceless. Poisonous bigot happily proclaims his poisonous bigotry, then is aghast at other peoples' poisonous bigotry.

Your overuse of the word "bigot" tells us you true identity, hon / Jan / limey.

R71 is a black Muslim.

R69 is psychotic. The lost he quotes contains no bigoted statements. Simply facts about the Easter massacre.

Why do Anti-Islam trolls act like there is one Islam? There are many sects and interpretations of Islam.

[quote]So easy to say that Muslims were behind these attacks

That's because they were.

Interesting how the headline at NPR reads. I’ll post it without comment.

r76, one word in Islam for lying.

Exactly r76. There are lots of ways to kill gay men!

The coverage for Sri Lanka vs NZ are like night and day. Pathetic.

[quote]There are many sects and interpretations of Islam.

All of them are evil.

How crazy R78!

NPR is accusing Sri Lanka of "blaming" the terrorists. How dare they??? Did Sri Lanka not get the memo.....you can NEVER blame Muslims for their own actions!!! It has to be the West's fault!

"After Sri Lanka Attacks, Islamist Group Blamed And Victims Named"

One more bomb today. Sad.

Wonder what the want these terrorists?

You know the one answer

The terrorists want Christian nations, especially US, to stop supporting Israel who are occupying their land. Christian countries are letting Israel run their own self righteous creep agenda. Literals thieves.

If we ceased to send Israel billions of $ in aid, all this terrorist shit would STOP tomorrow.

That's why they're always pulling attacks. The US government just overrides our citizens & our citizens take the brunt. Flying, airports changed.

And it's all pressure from those crazy southern christians who believe a prophecy occurring in Jerusalem from their interpretation of the bible. Look it up!

The only time I give Sri Lanka a second thought is when one of their “beautiful” women galumph across the stage in Miss Universe.

[quote]Obama played right into their hands by not addressing Islamic terrorists.

To say nothing of his terrible handling of the Pulse nightclub massacre because the murderer was Muslim. It was in the government interest to shut down debate as quickly as possible and the media colluded to oblige.

R87 Hi Ilhan ( or is it Rashida ? )

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All this terrorist bullshit is disgraceful, on one of the holiest days. They should hold a witch trial and have them burnt at the stake.

Peaceful coexistence is an unislamic concept.

Islam is our enemy

To everyone who still maintains that Islam is somehow less problematic than Christianity: When was the last time a Christian killed himself and others in the name of their religion? Muslimms do that shit all the time. So it's foolish to say Christianity is more dangerous. We all know it's not. I'm not making excuses for Christian mass murderers, but they don't do it in the name of their God.

I just don't understand people who keep defending Islam.

*Muslims

r99, the only fools who write that here ARE death cult members and their fetish seekers. FACT! PROVE ME WRONG. I DARE YOU.

[Quote] . FACT! PROVE ME WRONG. I DARE YOU.

That is directed to the rest of you. Not r99.

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i don't believe it.

You have to laugh at the idiots working overtime while it was still unfolding, trying to convince everyone that it wasn't Muslims who did this.

The death toll has dropped by nearly 100.

R106, the original figure was given by the morgues. They overestimated the number of victims because they mostly had only body parts, not whole bodies, to work with.

Grim but true.

But why? What do the Islamists gain from this? The country and its religious conflicts are Buddhist - Christian.

R108 Muslims have been tweaking the Sinhalese (Buddhist) nose for years in a challenge to their dominance and power. Targeting Xtians (or as in Europe, Jews) intimidates the dominant power without jeopardizing the Muslim community. However, unlike in Europe where the dominant powers have been neutralized, the Sinhalese will not think twice about slaughtering Muslim challengers. With the added incentive that the world will do absolutely nothing when the Sinhalese do.

R108 The country's on-going conflicts are between the two largest cultures, Buddhist (Sinhalese) and Hindu (Tamil). Xtians make up an even smaller minority than Muslims.

Those SLIM soldiers in OP's photo are CUTE.

I’m pro Sinhalese - beautiful people and culture.