Timeline of Events

Timeline of Events.

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24-July-2009

1. Masjid Rahuman Starts Jumma Sermon . The Jumma Sermon Slanders Awliya's ( Saints ) and sunnat jamaat community and Community Leaders.

2. Offended by the sermon the People under advise of the Sheikh, Complain to the Police.

3. The Police along with some People visit the Masjid Rahuman to inquire from the cleric about his unislamic sermon and they are Attacked by Wahabis from inside the mosque.

4. The Wahabis promise the Police that the cleric will be presented to them with in 2 Hours.

5. Even after 6 hour the cleric was never presented to the police . The thow broke their promise to the police.

6. In the Night, People gather to to take action against the Cleric, who has still not come forward.

7. However they peacefully dispersed after being warned not to, by the Sheikh.

25-July-2009 early morning

8. Another crowd who could not tolerate what was said at the jummah sermon decide to go look for the cleric to give him the chance to explain his motives as to why he gave an unislamic sermon.

9. When they reach the Rahuman mosque, they are attacked, by people readily awaiting from inside the mosque. Where was the cleric who should have surrendered hours before? If he had surrendered no one would have gone to the mosque to question him. No one would have been needed to protect the mosque with knives which they had with them.

10. In the ensuring fracas 2 killed 9 injured.

26-July-2009

11. Illegal Radio broadcast starts on FM 96.5 Continues to Slander People, the Thakiyya and the Sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. The program goes on for the day.

31-July-2009

12. Illegal Radio broadcast starts again on FM 96.5 Continues to Slander People, the Thakiyya and the Sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam with more lies as well. Starting with another provocating Friday sermon. Goes on till evening.

13. A CD was issued by the thow giving further false information regarding what really happened and no mention about the unislamic sermon or how the people who went to inquire about it were attacked.

23-August-2009

14. Another unislamic sermon was broad casted this time from kahatovita. The sermon continued to slander, insult, provoke and lie as the earlier sermon had done.

29-October-2009

When the case was taken up before the Chief Magistrate of Kalutara, the O.I.C. of the Beruwala Police read the written directions Issued by the Hon. Attorney General directed that the High Priest Of the Bukhary Thakiyya Beruwela Sheikh Ahmad Aalim bin Sheikh Muhammed Aalim shall not be made an accused nor is he required as an accused in this case.

He further stated that the Hon. Attorney General had come to the conclusion after studying the entire file and the reports submitted by the police. The position taken up by the defence in this matter right through out was that the allegations against the Sheikh of the Beruwela Bukhary Thakiyya is malicious and fabricated.