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Mehmet Rizal is a UN Ambassador For Peace and presently based in the Philippines.Towards the end of the interview, Rizal is invited to look at how Islam and Islamic values can aid social cohesion, in light of the growing Islamophobia in Sri Lanka. Rizal first admits that he was shocked to hear about the growing anti-Muslim hate campaigns in Sri Lanka, and how he thought, before he came to Sri Lanka, that the country was in fact a good example of inter-religious harmony. He also notes how history records rich interactions between Muslim and Buddhist values in Sri Lanka, and that he believes that the current unrest and hate is the result of forces from outside the country.Read full article here.source: Groundviews