That’s so easy, man. The Cubans, Nicaraguans (Sandinitsas), Chinese, Vietnamese.

Not even one of the comments above by a sinhalese insists that the Mahawansa is the literal truth, but agree that it has some mythical elements.

But a significant no of tamils writing in have a distorted and unverified interpretation of their own history.

What does that say doc Lankasathuru

Indivdul’s behaviour, attitudes and way of thinking which may decide his or her religion is not visible at all. Onthe the other hand these factors are subject to change continuesly due to changes in his environment on continues basis.

On this ground it is meaningless to lable a country as a muslim, christian or buddhist country.

It is meaningless to fight for religious rights when the individul’s religion is questionable and subject to change continuesly.

No they are not Sarvan,

You obviously have not been keeping up with the facts on the ground. East has been captured, Army is making steady progress into the North. Just a matter of time

He is just doing that. He fails to know what the international mass media are capable of doing !!

Bin Laden himself makes it clear “those who do not practise the Islam we do are traitors and should be killed.” The Borahs of the world today - a peaceful Islamic sect - chose to come to violence-prone Colombo to hold their Annual Conferences although they are in larger numbers in Mumbai and other parts of India, Pakistan and East Africa. Their last 2 Conferences were held in Colombo and most Sri Lankans, including the Govt, do not know why but pat themselves on the back re-assuring themselves Sri Lanka is still considered a safe place at least by some. Borahs wanted to hold their last Confab in Mumbai but at the last moment changed it to Colombo because other Muslim radicals were said to be planning to violently disturb the Confab if held in Mumbai. Until Saddam came along Sunnis and Shiaites lived in relative peace in Iraq. I am told inter-marriages between them were common there but Saddam ruined the equilibrium and the blood-letting continues.

Lebanon is ruined by intra-Muslim local war-fare. The Wahabis are in hiding everywhere - although they are Muslims. When Christiane Amanpour did her week-long Programme on Christianity, Judaism and Islam a few months ago the Egyptian Islamic clerics were clear there “the Islamic-Christian war fare now on will have to be fought to the finish”

Personally, I see the Islamics who see “tomorrow belongs to us” (read Naipaul) will not rest until the world sees more bloodshed. The Americans have no intention of allowing the attackers of 9/11 go un-punished. Iraq was the first they went after. Even Barak in his speech at AIPAC yesterday at Washington made it clear he will go after the Iranians and Al Quida/Osama Bin Laden. His Statement Jerusalem belongs to the Israelis will be resisted and the Islamic world (including strong American allies like the Saudis) will have to take a position against the Americans. I am afraid the peaceful Islam and adherents we knew in our days have been hijacked by the extremist Muslims brain-washed by the growing madrasas
world-wide.

The “Military Matters Column” injecting Personal Opinion into the mix. Now it has just become another Opinion Column by someone who does not like The Rajapakse Government’s prosecution of the war. I have no sympathy.

They are not endemic to Sri Lanka. Look at India. Everything might look fine and dandy on the surface but scratch a little and the divisions are immense. For example, go to the Rediff website and pick a news article and look at the comments below the article - you’ll find people from different ethnic groups from their ethnic states fight each other, call each other names and act like total bigots. That’s what Sri Lanka is going to be like if devolution on an ethnic basis takes place.

Really? Do they?