Is Any Islamic Country Now Safe To Visit?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/26/sri-lanka-faces-financial-blow-uk-holidaymakers-cancel-trips.

I Googled "Is Sri Lanka safe for tourists"?

And came up with this:

/// The good news is that Sri Lanka is a remarkably safe place to travel in, and violent crime against foreigners is virtually unheard of – this is still a place where, despite 25 years of brutal civil war, in parts of the country the theft of two bicycles is considered a crime wave. ///

How times have changed.

[tamborine]

A good imam there maggiebee. My muslim jnr is a lovely person too but we all have our self preservation undercurrents, if challenged.

[spathiphyllum]

I would still happily visit Sri Lanka.

[spathiphyllum]

Funny thing is i aint religious so no ones going to have any beef with me.

[retrocop]

Lol
Ever heard of being in the wrong place at the wrong time
I am sure Mr and Mrs Stocker were not religious when they got gunned down on a Tunisian beach, my a Muslim terrorist, along with other British holidaymakers. Meh

[spathiphyllum]

Are we talking about Africa?

[spathiphyllum]

Also seems the target would be Muslims not Brits.

Scare mongering again retro?

Don't go Sri Lanka because someone was gunned down in Tunisia

Wrong place at wrong time could happen anywhere.. don't stop living ur life because of it.

[tamborine]

Sri Lanka can be a cruel place, I recall pictures of tamil tigers hacking off limbs of live enemies. Any muslim or foreign asian should beware for now.

[maggiebee]

Spath, do you really think a gunman is going to walk up to you and ask if you're religious or not before he shoots?

[naomi24]

spath at 11:04, you're safe then. :o/

[spathiphyllum]

"Spath, do you really think a gunman is going to walk up to you and ask if you're religious or not before he shoots?"

I think he'll have a specific idea or target in mind, if not then he's a raving loony randomly killing anyone and everyone, in which case, no one is safe, not residents, not tourists.

Dramatic overload. Woi.

[spathiphyllum]

"spath at 11:04, you're safe then. :o/"

Yeah i probably am.

[spathiphyllum]

Best bet is we all just stay in our houses ay. Best ring ocado can't be going to the supermarkets.


I'm more likely to die from eating frozen veg than i am by terrorism.

[ichkeria]

I’d judge a country on its merits regardless purely of its religious makeup. I’d go to Iran without a moment’s hesitation. I wouldn’t go to Libya. Or Sudan.
I probably wouldn’t go to Sri Lanka for a while.

[retrocop]

//Funny thing is i aint religious so no ones going to have any beef with me.//
Spath
That is your ridiculous statement I was replying to.It is quite apparent that Islamic terrorists don't care who they take out indiscriminately ( (even their own) and will do it anywhere in the world.
Not scaremongering. A Fact.

[spathiphyllum]

"and will do it anywhere in the world. "

Urmm exsactly? So do what u want, go where u want, regardless of the religious % in the area because life is life, you live it. You don't let terrorism win by not going to places.. That's how they win?

If it'll happen anywhere then can't avoid it can ya? So just get on with your life not being a pansy pants.

[Prudie]

"Funny thing is i aint religious so no ones going to have any beef with me."
I assume that's an attempt at humour? Really crass in the circumstances.

[retrocop]

//I think he'll have a specific idea or target in mind, if not then he's a raving loony randomly killing anyone and everyone, in which case, no one is safe, not residents, not tourists. //

My God. I believe you are beginning to understand at last. They are fanatics and nutters

[naomi24]

//It is quite apparent that Islamic terrorists don't care who they take out indiscriminately //

They'll tell spath to shift before detonating their bombs and blowing themselves and all around them to smithereens.

[maggiebee]

Spath is invariably crass in his statements Prudie. Maybe you need to get out more Spath.

[-Talbot-]

Ichkeria
Also maybe many people don’t realise Indonesia is Moslem, just like some think Sri Lanka is :-)


tbf to AOG he hasn't been to uni and hasn't appeared on university challenge.