Serious Sri Lanka Kicks Out 200 Islamic Clerics For Expired Visas! Islamophobia?

[JohnTan]

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka has expelled over 600 foreign nationals, including around 200 Islamic clerics, since the Easter suicide bombings blamed on a local terrorist group, a minister said on Sunday (May 5).

Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardena said the clerics had entered the country legally, but amid a security crackdown after the attacks were found to have overstayed their visas, for which fines were imposed and they were expelled from the island.

"Considering the current situation in the country, we have reviewed the visas system and took a decision to tighten visa restrictions for religious teachers," Mr Abeywardena said.


"Out of those who were sent out, about 200 were Islamic preachers."

The Easter Sunday bombings that killed 257 people and wounded nearly 500 were led by a local cleric who is known to have travelled to neighbouring India and had made contact with extremists there.

The minister did not give the nationalities of those who have been expelled, but police have said many foreigners who have overstayed their visas since the Easter attacks were from Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Pakistan.

"There are religious institutions which have been getting down foreign preachers for decades," Abeywardena said.

"We have no issues with them, but there are some which mushroomed recently. We will pay more attention to them."

The minister said the government was overhauling the country's visa policy following fears that foreign clerics could radicalise locals for a repeat of the April 21 suicide bombings, which targeted three Christian churches and three luxury hotels.

Sri Lanka has imposed a state of emergency since the attacks and given wide powers to troops and police to arrest and detain suspects for long periods.

House-to-house searches are being carried out across the country looking for explosives and propaganda material of Islamic extremists.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-expels-200-islamic-clerics-after-easter-attacks

 

[syed putra]

Don't worry. Our friendly neighbour up north will welcome them with open arms.
Zakir naik, fugitive from india for inciting hate speech has a pr there.
Abu bakar basyir wanted in indonesia many decades ago was a fugitive and lived in malaysia as a pr.also imciting violent muslim uprising. But deported after bali bombing and served years in indonesia jail.
Hambali, another terror guy from indonesia and fugitive was given pr in malaysia and married a chinese girl there. Eventually arrested in thailand and handed over to CIA.
Two bomb makers reponsible to a wave of bombings in indonesia including innbali and marriot hotel jakarta were malaysians azahari and nordin top. Lecturers in university or something.
Palestinian missile designer executed presumably by MOSSAD in KL suburb when he was about to go to work as lecturer in a local university.
Thousands of sulu fighters fighting philippine gahmen have either PR or citizenship in malaysia.
Same with aceh freedom fighters before the tsunami inspired peace deal.
And southern thai/pattanis probably use malaysia as a base to finance their independence effort. Southern thai tom yam food stalls and restaurants all over the peninsular.
Before the flood of rohingyas, karen and kachin refugees head to malaysia trying to get to a respectable western country orga ised by unhcr.
And najib accepted thousand of syrian refugees imto the country.

Sinkies ah neh problem is such a small thing for our neighbours up north.

 

[Ang4MohTrump]

A few fireworks on hotels and churches cannot take it? Sap Sap Soy lah! Don't be sp Sua Ku. Decades fighting with Tamil Tigers already had seen everything, this is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

 

[Hypocrite-The]

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka has expelled over 600 foreign nationals, including around 200 Islamic clerics, since the Easter suicide bombings blamed on a local terrorist group, a minister said on Sunday (May 5).

Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardena said the clerics had entered the country legally, but amid a security crackdown after the attacks were found to have overstayed their visas, for which fines were imposed and they were expelled from the island.

"Considering the current situation in the country, we have reviewed the visas system and took a decision to tighten visa restrictions for religious teachers," Mr Abeywardena said.


"Out of those who were sent out, about 200 were Islamic preachers."

The Easter Sunday bombings that killed 257 people and wounded nearly 500 were led by a local cleric who is known to have travelled to neighbouring India and had made contact with extremists there.

The minister did not give the nationalities of those who have been expelled, but police have said many foreigners who have overstayed their visas since the Easter attacks were from Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Pakistan.

"There are religious institutions which have been getting down foreign preachers for decades," Abeywardena said.

"We have no issues with them, but there are some which mushroomed recently. We will pay more attention to them."

The minister said the government was overhauling the country's visa policy following fears that foreign clerics could radicalise locals for a repeat of the April 21 suicide bombings, which targeted three Christian churches and three luxury hotels.

Sri Lanka has imposed a state of emergency since the attacks and given wide powers to troops and police to arrest and detain suspects for long periods.

House-to-house searches are being carried out across the country looking for explosives and propaganda material of Islamic extremists.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-expels-200-islamic-clerics-after-easter-attacks

Why don't execute them for treason? By expelling them they just peddle their wares somewhere else n the same shit happens again

 

[wontonmee]

Why don't execute them for treason? By expelling them they just peddle their wares somewhere else n the same shit happens again

Soon they will be in Malaysia Indonesia and Singapore. Song Bo?

 

[JohnTan]

Why don't execute them for treason? By expelling them they just peddle their wares somewhere else n the same shit happens again

If moslem clerics don't stir shit, I worry.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

If moslem clerics don't stir shit, I worry.

I hope all singkie mudslimes are being watched n monitored by the isa. Don't know when they will start their terrorist acts.

 

[wontonmee]

Clerics Pastors Priests are supposed to set a good examples. Instead, they want to preach extremism. Song Bo?

 

[ChristJohnny]

Actually all moslem should f... off from all non-moslem majority countries .... this is to prevent another Hitler coming into power … you know the outcome …

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Soon they will be in Malaysia Indonesia and Singapore. Song Bo?

With this Sort of libtard approach. The terrorists will continue to win

 

[syed putra]

Clerics Pastors Priests are supposed to set a good examples. Instead, they want to preach extremism. Song Bo?

Because extremist views bring in the money. Who knows? From qatar or saudi...

 

[syed putra]

Actually all moslem should f... off from all non-moslem majority countries .... this is to prevent another Hitler coming into power … you know the outcome …

You can pack your bags first and this is a muslim region.

 

[Leongsam]

They should not have been let in. No point closing the barn door after the hoarse has escaped.

 

[ChristJohnny]

You can pack your bags first and this is a muslim region.

Sorry it is a Hindu Region … all people can pack their bags