What are your thoughts regarding this. The LTTE did not ant a repeat of this in the Tamil North that was the reason that they packed of all the Tamil Muslims from the North. What they didn may be or may not be correct but they did want an Islamic third force fighting for the Sinhalas. The Tamil Muslims who mainly came as refugees ( after the fal of Tippu Sultan ) and as traders from South India. 2/3 of them live amongst the Sinhalas and 1/3 of them amongst the native Tamils. They moved in to the Tamil East to escape persecution from the Portuguese. In sri Lanka there is deep suspicion and distrust between these largely South Indian origin slightly Arab mixed Muslim Tamils and the native HIndu/Christian Tamils and I think this is what our friend Mohammaed Islamul is reflecting as these Tamil Muslims still have family ties with these South Indian Tamil Muslims.
