If there were no international media.

Which frequently reported on ██████████████████████.

The muslims in SL would likely be much happier, playing fuller roles in our lives and facing less discrimination.

Until 4/21, they were living peaceful, successful and happy lives here.

I feel hurt that so much fear and mistrust have arisen.

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Some business owners tell employees that when their values do not align with the workplace or brand, that behavior is not part of how the business operates and other options should be considered.

They suggest doing that elsewhere.

This is how Muslims felt, and many tried to distance themselves from those responsible.

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This 4/21 has carried a painful cost, and as it is discussed it has ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████.

I don't want to talk about it now, because it divides people.

We have a 10 percent Muslim demographic as per our 2010 census, with a 5 percent Catholic presence in Sri Lanka.

They have lived in perfect harmony throughout our 77+ years, and even before then, over centuries.