Jihad attack in Sri Lanka

Vincent J. Curtis

22 Apr 2019

“Jihad” was the word missing from the news reports on the attack in Sri Lanka.  These attacks were on the Christian Churches on Easter Sunday, and killed over three hundred and wounded over five hundred.  It is superficial and erroneous to call it a “terrorist” attack when in the big picture it is an act of jihad.

Islam is more than a religion, it is a politic and a civilization.  Its mission is the subjugation of the world to Islam, and it must destroy and replace all competitive civilizations.  Jihad is what Mohammed practiced.

Sri Lanka is primarily a Buddhist country, but has important minorities of Hindu, Islam, and Christianity.  The jihad attack on Easter Sunday was not on the Sri Lankan government; meaning that the attack was not so much political as civilizational and religious.  It was to show dominance and to intimidate the Christian community particularly.  It was intended to frighten people out of practicing their religions other than Islam, with the expectation that in time they will convert to Islam if for no other reason than their own safety.

The reason for murdering so many Christians on Easter Sunday, the holiest of holy days, is perfectly obvious and needs to be said.

The Sri Lankan government is floating the idea that these attacks were somehow revenge for the attack in New Zealand.  This is excuse-making, and the proposal does not hold water.  Given the scale and coordination of the attacks in Sri Lanka, they had to have been planned for many months.  And over those many months, how many people saw something or knew something and said nothing?  And if it were revenge, what does that say about Islam in Sri Lanka?  The Sri Lankan government is better off dropping the notion of a revenge attack or some other form of excuse-making and concentrate on jihad in its territory.

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