Every religion must be respected. But multiculturalism cannot mean that everyone else must live by restrictions based on one religion only. Sri Lanka is a majority Buddhist-nation where different faiths are free to...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st September 2026
මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබුවේ චෝදනා සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණ තීරණයක් මත නිකුත් කළ අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමේ නියෝගයක් යටතේ නොව, ත්රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත (PTA) යටතේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා සතු විධායක බලතල භාවිත කරමින් රඳවා තබා ගැනීමෙනි. එබැවින්...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st September 2026
Suresh Sallay was not arrested pursuant to a court order following a judicial determination of the allegations; he was detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) through Presidential executive powers. The starting...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th August 2026
Retired Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay was arrested on 25 February 2026 without warrant under PTA and kept in custody using extraordinary powers vested in the President. Two detention orders have so far been...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th August 2026
විශ්රාමික මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ මහතා 2026 පෙබරවාරි 25 දින PTA යටතේ වරෙන්තුවකින් තොරව අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන, ජනාධිපතිවරයා සතු සුවිශේෂී බලතල යටතේ රඳවා තබා ඇත. මේ වන විට ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් රඳවා තබා ගැනීමේ නියෝග...
Chartering Our Future / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th August 2026
Seven years after the Easter Sunday attacks, the public is still searching for answers. In February 2026, retired Major General Suresh Sallay was arrested under the PTA and placed in CID custody under...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th August 2026
When an alleged error in a court petition can put a man’s liberty on the line. The question before the public is what happens when the premise on which an allegation against Maj....
Chartering Our Future / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th August 2026
The mastermind behind the decision to arrest Gen. Suresh Sallay may prove easier to identify than the increasingly sporadic efforts being made to connect him to the Easter Sunday attacks. Attempts to link...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th August 2026
පාස්කු ඉරිදා පාඩම අපි ඇත්තටම ඉගෙන ගෙන තිබේද? පලෙයි/අක්කරායන්කුලම් ප්රදේශයේ එල්ටීටීඊයට සම්බන්ධ යැයි කියන පහසුකමක් පිළිබඳව බරපතල චෝදනාවක් එල්ල වී තිබේ. නමුත් චෝදනාව සත්යද යන්නට වඩා ක්ෂණික ප්රශ්නයක් තිබේ: මෙම චෝදනාව ප්රසිද්ධ කිරීමට පෙර...
LTTE crimes / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th August 2026
Have we actually learnt the lesson of Easter Sunday? A serious allegation has been made about an alleged LTTE-related facility in the Pallai/Akkarayankulam area. But there is a more immediate question than...
What exactly is Gen. Suresh Sallay being accused of? The question is whether the State has identified a specific criminal act committed by Gen. Suresh Sallay and possesses evidence sufficient to justify his...
