Ven. Kirama Wimalajothi resigned from the BBS, partly due to BBS involvement in the Aluthgama violence. Wimalajothi publicly announced that the behavior of BBS monks was against the teachings of the Buddha.

Year 2015 (no exact date)

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At a public rally in the Colombo suburb of Maharagama, the BBS made public its “Maharagama Declaration,” a ten-point declaration against certain Muslim practices, such as hala-certification, and women’s dresses, such as the niqab and the abaya.

BODU BALA SENA MAGARAGAMA RESOLUTION The Bodu Bala Sena passed ten resolutions at a meeting [...]

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2012-2013: The BBS was accused of attacking various Muslim and Christian places as it took upon itself the role of policing. In 2012, this vigilantism was mostly directed towards Buddhist “heretics” and hotels they claimed commercialized Buddhism, but in 2013 anti-Muslim campaigns came to dominate their activities.

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