Mon, Apr 8, 2013, 08:39 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 08, Colombo: Executive committee member Sri Lanka's extremist Buddhist Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organization Dilantha Vithanage announced that a group of BBS delegates will soon visit the United States. The visitors include the Secretary of BBS Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero and the national organizer Witharandeniye Nanda Thero.
Vithanage told media that the purpose of the visit is to construct a worldwide BBS network.
BBS is a hardline anti US and anti-western Sinhala Buddhist organization which recently launched a wave of hate campaigns against Muslims.
The organizations' vehement campaign succeeded in withdrawing Halal certification from food items. The Organization has further vowed to fight against the head covering of Muslim women.
The militant like organization harassed a BBC journalist and illegally held a Muslim journalist who was covering one of their rallies held in Maharagama.
Bodu Bala Sena's hardline attitude towards other religions has drawn concern from moderate Sri Lankans who fear that a Taliban like group is in the formation if the government and the society fail to take action against the group.