AP News Apr 23, 2012
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan officials have decided to demolish a mosque and a Hindu temple after a group of Buddhist monks and their lay supporters protested their presence inside a Buddhist sacred area.
Ruling party lawmaker Lakshman Perera said Monday that places of worship and other buildings will be relocated to alternate sites outside the designated sacred zone within six months and Muslim politicians had agreed with this.
Thousands of Buddhist monks and lay supporters stormed the mosque in the central Sri Lankan town of Dambulla on Friday because they said it was an illegal construction. They damaged the building.
Buddhism is Sri Lanka’s state religion and monks are powerful in political and social affairs.
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