Outraged protesters against an upcoming concert by singer Akon pelted a Sri Lankan private broadcaster’s headquarters on Monday (March 22).
As a result of the protest, four workers were injured, and the building was damaged. The workers’ injuries are not thought to be serious.
According to the Associated Press, Police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said that numerous protesters were taken into custody for their roles in pelting the Majaraja Organization’s headquarters. The organization is sponsoring the concert, which is scheduled in Colombo for an April show.
The source of the discontent were accusations that Akon desecrated an image of Buddha in the music video for “Sexy Chick” [see video below]. In the video, which is actually by artist David Guetta and features Akon, scantily-clad women dance around a pool party with a statue of Buddha present. Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority, the Sinhalese, are mostly Buddhists.
This is not the first time the Maharaja Organization has been attacked, as a group of men armed with hand grenades and guns advanced on the building last year.
http://www.reverbnation.com/savvysav#/artist/artist_videos/659615?sel_song_id=3407393&autoplay=1
Aren’t there more important issues for these religious fanatics to get up in arms about? I mean really, who gives a fuck?
Don’t get me wrong though. People say without religion there would be no wars, That’s not true, humanity in general is cruel and ignorant, so I’m sure we’d all easily find another excuse kill each other.
Point is any artist should not use Lord Buddha’s or any religous fanatics in wrong manner.
Attack is wrong, but broadcatsers destroy the cultural values in Sri Lanka.
Wow. I Thought Buddhists were supposed to be peaceful…
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Peaceful my ass. All religions act like they are peaceful and worship their god allah budda whatever the case may be, this goes to show most of those fucks are fake as hell. Fuck a Sri Lanka
Fuck you,,,
Come face to face
Religion = Pointless
ey no bullshit hahaha
Good, these niggas need to stop putting irrelevant shit in their videos
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Great Journalism – How were they hurt?
Stark difference between Buddhists and Kneegrows – at least they are willing to fight for the respect of their culture….
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