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Sri Lankan supreme court restrains Muslims' settlement in religious site
(Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court extended the term of a restraining order on Thursday to prevent the minority Muslim community from being settled in an area the majority Sinhalese have claimed as a historical religious site in the Eastern Province. The court issued the restraining order last month. On Thursday the court extended the term of the order till mid-September when the case would be taken up for hearing. Some 500 houses have been built in the Deegavapi area of the Eastern Province meant to settle Muslims affected by the December 2004 tsunami devastation. The all Buddhist Monk party JHU or the National Heritage Party has petitioned the Supreme Court and sought a restraining order to prevent the Muslim settlement at Deegavapi. The JHU said the area has been identified as a Buddhist religious site of historical importance. Posted by: Fred 2008-06-20 |
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