" LTTE is, & always has been, a Christian terror outfit. * Christian organizations are at the forefront of Eelam propaganda. * Since 1982, Christian missions have taken deep roots in Sri Lanka and have spread very fast in the Tamil parts. * Even decades ago, the artificial Sinhala Buddhist-Tamil Hindu divide was an invention of Christian missionaries. * The very first separatists like Selvanayagam were Christians. It is a war fought for the sake of the ‘One True Lawd Goud’ born of the twice-married Virgin Mary, and who divided Himself into ‘Three True Lawds Gouds’ for the sake of mobility. * LTTE’s radio station, Voice of Tigers, is carried by the Vatican's Philippines-based Catholic radio network, Radio Veritas. * V Prabhakaran’s son is named Charles Lucas Antony. Of course, LTTE propagandists claim this CLA was a slain soldier in whose memory VP named his son. * Interestingly, VP did not deem it fit to remember any Hindu soldier that had died for Eelam! VP also banned the cremation of his Hindu soldiers, who are forced to be buried. * Likewise, the female LTTE soldiers are not allowed to wear bindi or flowers -- one can see the same practice in Christian churches in South India where the converted women shun bindi and flowers!" -- Kalavai Venkat kalavai.venkat@gmail.com
52,000 flee LTTE-held area as surrender deadline ends
Tamil civilians who escaped from the Tamil Tiger controlled areas are seen arriving in government controlled areas. (Photo: AP)
Men, women and children, some sick and some too old to even walk... It was a mass exodus from the Tamil Tigers held area in Sri Lanka's north with an estimated 52,000 people fleeing with whatever they could carry as the rebels failed Tuesday to meet Colombo's 24 hour deadline to surrender and troops forced their way into the no-fire-zone.
Television reports showed thousands of civilians fleeing the rebel held area, a mass exodus that began Monday.The state-run Daily News described the process a "human avalanche", while the independent Daily Mirror called it a "great escape".Men, women and children moved towards the military controlled areas. Most carried a small bag, perhaps their sole belonging.LTTE AND ITS CHRISTIAN MOORINGS
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As the LTTE completes a quarter century of armed conflict with the Sri Lankan state, Tamil intellectuals in the island nation are agonising over its pronounced western bias and poor returns to the Hindu community. As Indians largely perceive the LTTE as a Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu organisation, even though former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Christian suicide bomber, it will be instructive to see the reality from Colombo.
It is true that Sri Lanka's Tamil community got a raw deal from its Buddhist elite after Independence, and this led to the rise of several armed Tamil groups. But through a policy of smartly executed assassinations of key leaders in just a few years, the LTTE ensured that it alone remained on the scene by 1987, when it confronted India under a disastrous engagement that New Delhi undertook at the instance of the United States.
The Indian Army was bogged down in one of the most treacherous engagements of its distinguished career, while the LTTE survived through backroom diplomacy with the Premadasa regime. It later confronted both the Premadasa and Chandrika governments, and won victories at Mullaitivu, Killinochi and Elephant Pass, which augmented its reputation as a fighting force. Today, the LTTE controls almost half the North-East. Yet, its success appears to have cost the Tamil Hindu community, which is beginning to concede that its religious traditions, demography, education and even livelihood, have been seriously undermined by the LTTE.
Hindus comprise almost 85 per cent of Lanka's Tamil population, and their traditions and culture are being eroded by the LTTE and its profoundly pro-western bias. Few Lankan Hindus are even now willing to speak of the LTTE's Christian character, though this is now increasingly visible, with the ironical result that Hindus in government-controlled territory are for the first time better off than those living under LTTE domination. Tamil writers note that Hindu temples are being reconstructed and having a vibrant service, with all festivals celebrated with great fervour in areas like Jaffna, Vavuniya and Batticaloa. But this is not true of the LTTE-controlled districts.
On the contrary, the LTTE is taking Hindu dharma out of the public arena. The important Tamil festival of Navaratri is accorded great respect in the government-held territory. Last year, the Buddhist Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Lokubandara, led the celebrations, which were attended by Sinhalese, Tamils and even Muslim MPs of various political parties. The JVP participated with enthusiasm, but the pro-LTTE TNA kept away from this major Hindu event in the nation's Parliament. LTTE's undeniable European tilt is becoming a matter of comment in Tamil circles. It is pointed out that the LTTE refused to negotiate with the Lankan government in Japan or Thailand; Prabhakaran boycotted the Tokyo conference. He is also anti-India. Instead, he preferred to talk only in Norway or Switzerland, countries with little understanding of Lanka. Political analysts say the LTTE ideology sidelines the indigenous religious traditions of the Lankan people as a whole. The organisation is anti-Buddhist, anti-Muslim, anti-Indian and anti-Asian, and has no Hindu sympathies either. It crushed the Batticaloa-based cadre that resulted in Karuna's revolt in 2004. The LTTE has in fact been described as "a neo-colonial fifth column" in the Midweek Review Island Newspaper, because it seeks to denude Tamil nationalism of its Hindu roots and is too close to Christian missionaries. This is also why the Tamil movement has become internationally isolated. Tamils have suffered in other ways as well. They once led the country in education, but now LTTE's politicisation of universities has led to the prolonged closure of the Jaffna and Eastern Universities. At the same time, the Muslim-dominated South-Eastern University is developing fast and producing good students and high quality research. Worse, when paramilitary groups allegedly killed the pro-LTTE principal of Kopay Hindu College, the organisation hit back by murdering the distinguished principal of Jaffna Central College, who opposed child conscription. He was killed when going to join Navaratri festivities organised by students. LTTE supremo Prabhakaran designated the pro-LTTE principal as Mamanithar, but the majority of Jaffna's inhabitants preferred to mourn for the principal of Jaffna Central College. Tamil Hindus have been the worst sufferer of the LTTE's human rights record. According to government sources, the LTTE murdered 562 people since the ceasefire of 2002, which include 388 Tamil and Muslim civilians. There were 117 attempted murders and 620 reports of kidnapping. It murdered several Hindu priests in recent years, thus violating the spirit of the ceasefire. Finally, the LTTE prevented 500,000 Tamils from exercising their democratic franchise in 2005; it forcibly evicted 350,000 Tamils from their homes in the Jaffna peninsula in 1995; and it systematically murdered independent-minded Tamil Hindu intellectuals. Democracy cannot thrive under the shadow of the sword. This bodes ill for the forthcoming elections in the North-East.
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LTTE -- A CHRISTIAN TERROR OUTFIT.
* LTTE is, & always has been, a Christian terror outfit.
* Christian organizations are at the forefront of Eelam propaganda.
* Since 1982, Christian missions have taken deep roots in Sri Lanka and have spread very fast in the Tamil parts.
* Even decades ago, the artificial Sinhala Buddhist-Tamil Hindu divide was an invention of Christian missionaries.
* The very first separatists like Selvanayagam were Christians. It is a war fought for the sake of the ‘One True Lawd Goud’ born of the twice-married Virgin Mary, and who divided Himself into ‘Three True Lawds Gouds’ for the sake of mobility.
* LTTE’s radio station, Voice of Tigers, is carried by the Vatican's Philippines-based Catholic radio network, Radio Veritas.
* V Prabhakaran’s son is named Charles Lucas Antony. Of course, LTTE propagandists claim this CLA was a slain soldier in whose memory VP named his son.
* Interestingly, VP did not deem it fit to remember any Hindu soldier that had died for Eelam! VP also banned the cremation of his Hindu soldiers, who are forced to be buried.
* Likewise, the female LTTE soldiers are not allowed to wear bindi or flowers -- one can see the same practice in Christian churches in South India where the converted women shun bindi and flowers!
-- Kalavai Venkat
kalavai.venkat@gmail.com