Fabricated for Asylum: How the Canadian Immigration Report Lied About Muslims, Christians, and the LTTE
In 2013, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada published LKA104268.E-a supposed background document for refugee processing. Beneath its bureaucratic tone, however, lies a deeper deception: a document shaped not by truth, but by asylum-seeking narratives that distorted Sri Lanka’s war history to fit political claims abroad.
Let me set the record straight.
1. Muslims Were the Victims-Not the Fighters
The report outrageously suggests that Muslims were among LTTE supporters or cadres.
This is a complete fabrication.
In 1990, the LTTE ethnically cleansed over 75,000 Muslims from the North and East.
They were evicted at gunpoint, their homes and lands seized, their communities scattered.
Not a single Muslim joined the LTTE as a recognized cadre. They were targets of Tamil ethnonationalism, not participants in it.
To claim otherwise-especially to support refugee cases—is to weaponize a lie at the expense of the victims.
2. Tamil Christians: A Small Subset, Not the Faith
The report also generalizes that “Christians” supported or joined the LTTE. This, too, must be corrected.
There were some Tamil Christians in the North and East who may have joined the LTTE.
But this was never a Christian struggle, nor was the LTTE a Christian-aligned movement.
The broader Sinhala Christian community had no involvement whatsoever.
This small Tamil Christian subset-possibly influenced by ideology, fear, or communal grievance-does not represent Christianity.
And yet, today, we are seeing flyers and public statements under the name of Christian associations-some even in Sinhala-calling for constitutional change and “accommodation” that mirrors LTTE-era demands.
The likely source?
Tamil Christian factions quietly continuing the narrative of a separate Tamil homeland.
3. When Faith Is Used for Political Maneuvering
Throughout the war, Christian clergy-particularly in the North-were often seen participating in peace talks and political campaigns tied to devolution, federalism, and “power sharing.” Some did so in robes, under the name of reconciliation. But many others remained silent when the LTTE recruited children, assassinated moderates, and expelled Muslims.
Now, we must ask:
If Christian labels are again being used to push political restructuring under the banner of peace, who benefits—and who is speaking out?
4. A Call to Christian Leadership: Protect the Faith, Not the Fiction
This is not an accusation against Christianity. It is a call to Christian leadership-Catholic, Anglican, evangelical, and independent.
If certain organizations or individuals are using the Christian identity to push for Tamil separatist legal revival, it is your duty to:
Denounce this publicly,
Investigate who is using the Church’s name, and
Reaffirm your commitment to national unity.
The silence of the past cannot repeat itself.
Let the World Know the Truth
Muslims were never part of the LTTE.
Christians were not the face of Tamil separatism.
And today’s so-called “peace-building” demands wrapped in NGO language are often old LTTE agendas in new clothes.
This is not just about history. It’s about truth, responsibility, and safeguarding Sri Lanka’s future from ideological re-infiltration-whether through refugee documents or religious fronts.
– Jihan Hameed
The Nationalist ??
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