Sri Lankan Minister of Justice, Rauff Hakeem speaks during a press conference in Colombo on April 30, 2012. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), which is also a member of the ruling coalition, said it opposed relocating a 60 year old mosque in Dambulla, 150 kilometres (93 miles) north of Colombo, in response to a demolition demand by Buddhist monks. The monks had argued that the mosque was inside temple land and should be demolished while the Muslims maintain that they have been offering prayers there since the mid 1940s. The government said in a statement last week that it offered three alternate locations for the mosque and had also agreed to finance the building of a new mosque, an offer firmly rejected by the SLMC. AFP PHOTO / Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/GettyImages)
