{"id":39031,"date":"2019-06-21T17:39:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=39031"},"modified":"2019-06-21T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:18:59","slug":"no-muslims-in-sri-lanka-are-not-demolishing-mosques-and-embracing-hinduism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-muslims-in-sri-lanka-are-not-demolishing-mosques-and-embracing-hinduism\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Sri Lankan Muslims demolish mosque and convert to Hinduism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=451119022117703&amp;id=100016588263588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">message<\/a> viral on social media claims Muslims in Sri Lanka converted to Hinduism after demolishing mosques across the country. <em>&#8220;\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0932\u0902\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u093e\u0925\u094b \u0938\u0947 \u0924\u094b\u095c \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e. \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u093f \u0939\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092c \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0940 \u0918\u093f\u0928\u094c\u0928\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0928\u095e\u0930\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u092d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u0938\u0932\u093f\u092f\u0924 \u0938\u092e\u091d \u0906 \u0917\u092f\u0940 (Muslims in Sri Lanka are demolishing mosques with their hands and embracing Hinduism. Muslims are saying that they have understood the abominable and hateful face of Islam.)&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>reads the message.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39035 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/mosque.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/mosque.png 400w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/mosque-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/> The claim has been propagated with the help of two photographs showing people wearing skull caps demolishing a structure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39036 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T151804.034-245x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T151804.034-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T151804.034.png 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raopartapsingh\/status\/1139375617076420608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circulated<\/a> by a few Twitter users.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39037 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T153703.896.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T153703.896.png 450w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T153703.896-282x300.png 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<h4>Why was the mosque demolished?<\/h4>\n<p>Reverse-searching the images led us to a May 29, 2019 article in Sri Lankan news website <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking_news\/NTJ-mosque-in-Kekirawa-demolished-by-Muslims\/108-168204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mirror<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39039 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T154440.490.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T154440.490.png 870w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T154440.490-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-20T154440.490-768x311.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A mosque used by the National Thawheed Jama&#8217;at (NTJ) at Madatugama in Kekirawa was yesterday demolished by the area Muslims and devotees of the main mosque,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>per the report. <em>&#8220;Trustee of the main mosque M H M Akbar Khan said the mosque used by the NTJ was built with the funds of an organization based in a foreign country,&#8221; <\/em>it continued.<\/p>\n<p>NTJ is the Sri Lankan Islamist extremist group which was implicated in the 2019 Easter Bombings where over 250 people were killed in coordinated attacks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daily Mirror\u00a0<\/em>also uploaded a video of the incident.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kekirawa mosque\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NYXvhDq3H6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Apart from the mosque, residents also destroyed a plaque with Arabic inscriptions, per a report by local media outlet <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hirunews.lk\/217327\/muslim-people-destroy-a-mosque-where-a-group-from-the-thowheeth-jamath-organization-is-said-to-have-engaged-in-praying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hiru News<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A video of the demolition uploaded by Sri Lankan news channel <em>Ada Derana\u00a0<\/em>shows people demolishing a blue coloured structure with sledgehammers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adaderana\/videos\/2055414141428910\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/adaderana\/videos\/2055414141428910\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/adaderana\/videos\/2055414141428910\/\">Muslims demolish NTJ mosque in Kekirawa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Muslims demolish NTJ mosque in Kekirawa<br \/>\n\u0d9a\u0dd0\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda \u0db8\u0dd4\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0da2\u0db1\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0dad\u0dc0\u0dca\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dca \u0da2\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca \u0db4\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d9a\u0da9\u0dcf \u0daf\u0db8\u0dba\u0dd2<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adaderana\/\">Ada Derana<\/a> on Thursday, 30 May 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alt News contacted a Sinhalese translator who said that the people in the video claim that the mosque was constructed using funds from Arab countries.\u00a0<em>&#8220;Even the words on the board [plaque] are Arabic,&#8221; <\/em>said one of the residents. Speaking to <em>Ada Derana,\u00a0<\/em>the demolishers added that they have their own traditional place of worship [main mosque] and disapproved of &#8220;unnecessary Arab influence&#8221; on mosques.<\/p>\n<h4>Did religious conversions take place?<\/h4>\n<p><em>AFP\u00a0<\/em>had earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/no-these-photos-do-not-show-muslims-sri-lanka-who-converted-hinduism-after-demolishing-mosque\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fact-checked<\/a> the video when it was viral weeks after April&#8217;s easter bombings. The news organisation spoke to Kekirawa Police officer-in-charge Thilak Bandara Ganegoda regarding viral claims suggesting Muslims converted to Hinduism. The officer informed, <em>\u201cNo religious conversions took place. The land was previously allocated to construct a children&#8217;s library and was handed over to its rightful owner.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Akbar Khan had led the movement to tear down the building, according to AFP. <em>\u201cIt was not demolished because of any link between that building and the NTJ or because any religious conversion took place,&#8221; <\/em>he said. Khan echoed the statements of residents earlier mentioned in this report. He told <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hirunews.lk\/217327\/muslim-people-destroy-a-mosque-where-a-group-from-the-thowheeth-jamath-organization-is-said-to-have-engaged-in-praying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hiru News<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>that the mosque was taken down because it was built using foreign funds. This was also tweeted by the deputy editor of <em>Daily Mirror.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A mosque used by National Thawheed Jama&#8217;at at Madatugama in Kekirawa was today demolished by the area Muslims &amp; devotees of the main mosque.Trustee of the main mosque Akbar Khan said the mosque used by the NTJ was built with the funds of an organization based in a foreign country <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jhmzT0mqpM\">pic.twitter.com\/jhmzT0mqpM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunil Jayasiri (@sjayasiri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sjayasiri\/status\/1133713687909359618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident was also reported by other Sri Lankan media outlets. None of the articles mentions &#8220;religious conversion&#8221;. 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