Could you provide me with links about the said judge, also evidence of the Bishop preventing the resettlement of the Muslims? these statements you are once again statements.
I look forward to your reply. If the Bishop is preventing the people resettling, surely the government (which has many Muslim ministers) can step in (given their heavy military presence in the area) and also we have a cardinal in the city who can take action. So I am not totally convinced about this one but you can prove me wrong.

As for the fisherfolk. I think small conflicts over fishing rights have been there since tie immemorial and should not be constructed to be racial. Try moving 100 catholic fisherfolk into the coastal areas of the north west (among their own kind), conflicts will arise, here it is to do with resources rather than ethnicity.

I think waht Ram.2009 was a bit off when he said “evicted Muslims must be allowed to return and reclaim their lost properties”, I don’t think he implied Tamils were stopping these people from returning. Apart from the fisher folk, the bishop of mannar and a particular judge in that area, you couldn’t really blame the ordinary Tamil any more than an all powerful government with plenty of guns.

but I do agree with Ram2009’s observation “Tamils are quite happy come and live among the Sinhala and the Muslim, yet are unable to tolerate any in what they falsely claim as their areas”. Again he fails to see the difference between private citizens moving according to free will and state sponsored land grants. This doesn’t change the fact that a majority of Tamil political leadership has always been pro-Apartheid ‘separate’ development advocates, they have never been for plurality and equality, only equality with superiority.

Mr.ram2009 is most probably not aware that “All the Muslim Political Leaders are part and parcel of the Government” and so if he says “government is preventing” then he says and accepts that the Muslims Leaders are preventing them returning to their original place of residence.”.

The year “1953” mentioned might be wrong. Please check it up. The convect year may be the year the GODB (Gal Oya Development Board) was founded. and colonization started and made the predominant Muslims a “minority in Amparai with the creation of a new District for the purpose.. Being a truly “business community” they do not talk about it but they talk very loudly about being “chased” away by the LTTE and not being allowed to return by(???) even after many years after the elimination of the LTTE thus proving again that they are a a truly “business community”.

I sincerely hope that your delayed response is because you are collecting FACTS to substantiate your claims above and not indicative of you slinking away when challenged.

Can you actually show me PROOF that someone (Tamil) is preventing their resettlement. Not simple statements. The fact that the Muslims used to live in the north is a FACT, that they were chased out my LTTE TERRORISTS is also a FACT.

Now go and prove that what you say is a true with FACTS:
The only known FACT of Muslims being persecuted for resettling in the north is lead NOT by Tamils or their leaders but by UNELECTED BBS in Mannar. You should then take it up with them than blame theTamils. Tell me why the regime is not taking action against then?

If the muslims resettlement is being prevented by normal Tamils, does it mean the regime that vanquished the mighty terrorists is scared of a few locals? (surely you have not forgotten how they handled the polluted water protests in Gampaha???)
Or does it mean the government has been lying when it says its writ extents to the whole country but in reality it does not?

I await your reply that has FACTS, not hearsay.

I imply nothing of the sort. The Tamils are quite happy come and live among the Sinhala and the Muslim, yet are unable to tolerate any in what they falsely claim as their areas. In Sri Lanka there are no exclusive apartheid zones, and never will be. The evicted Muslims must be allowed to return and reclaim their lost properties

So are you saying the “democratic” governments are equal to a terrorist group? (Also banned in 40+ countries)? That means you are implying that the government is a terrorist and should be banned as well? Your logic while trying to tarnish the writer ends up leaving egg on your face.

“Sinhalese colonization has altered the ethnic composition of many Tamil districts between 1953 and 1981 (Tables 1 and 2). Population growth in the Tamil districts of the Eastern Province grew between 145 and 394 percent, with Sinhalese population recording the greatest increase. An analysis of the population statistics of the Eastern Province indicate that the ethnic composition of many Tamil districts has been dramatically altered between 1953 and 1981 by the settlement of thousands of Sinhalese peasants in government-aided colonization schemes. During this period the overall population of Tamil districts, excluding the Jaffna District, grew between 145 to 394 percent.
” – Professor Chelvadurai Manogaran http://tamilnation.co/conflictresolution/tamileelam/cnfUS96/manogaran.htm