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Security forces are ubiquitous in the country's main roads, here in the capital Colombo, near the home of the Sri Lankan president, on April 24, 2019. © REUTERS / Dinuka Liyanawatte

Five days after the terrible Islamist attack that blew Sri Lanka, the largest organization of Muslim theologians in the country reiterated Thursday its condemnation of this terrorist act, and announced that they were ready to help the Christian community if it expressed the need.

With our special correspondent in Colombo, Sébastien Farcis

The mines are serious, the moment is solemn. On Thursday, the 7,000 ulemas of Sri Lanka are fasting in solidarity with the victims of the attacks . Mufti Rizvi is the chairman of the Sri Lankan Ulema Conference.

" In Islam, he says, the killing of innocent people is considered one of the most serious fears. Muslim organizations have already condemned the Islamic State organization in July 2015. So those who committed this barbaric act are not part of our community and we will not accept their bodies. "

The organization calls on Muslims to cooperate with security forces to prove that they are not on the side of terrorists. And they even ask the women to lift their burqa to facilitate their identification. According to Arkam Nooramith, the secretary for youth, the Muslims had asked for the arrest of the alleged instigator of the attacks of Sunday: " Our brothers of the East went several times to lodge complaint against this individual and even protested to ask for stop him because they said that the whole community was going to be blamed for his actions. "

Unfortunately, these alerts, like many intelligence alerts, have not been followed up.