Muslims In Post War Sri Lanka


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Muslims In Post War Sri Lanka


Muslims In Post War Sri Lanka
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Author : Shreen Saroor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021

Muslims In Post War Sri Lanka written by Shreen Saroor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.




Post War Dilemmas Of Sri Lanka


Post War Dilemmas Of Sri Lanka
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Author : S. I. Keethaponcalan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-14

Post War Dilemmas Of Sri Lanka written by S. I. Keethaponcalan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-14 with Political Science categories.


By investigating Sri Lanka as a case study, this book examines whether democracy, compared to authoritarianism, is conducive to post-war reconciliation. The research, founded on primary as well as secondary data, concludes that political systems have little to do with the success or failure of post-war ethnic reconciliation. The Sri Lankan case indicated that post-war reconciliation is more contingent on the readiness of the former enemies to come together. Readiness stems from, for example, satisfaction in the way issues have been resolved, confidence in the other party's intentions, and the compulsion to coexist. If the level of satisfaction, confidence, and the compulsion to coexist are low, the readiness to reconcile will also be low. The end of the war had a profound impact on post-war governance and ethnic relations in Sri Lanka. Hence, the volume provides an in-depth analysis of the factors that led to the military victory of the Sri Lankan government over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009. The chapters delve into the nexus between governance and reconciliation under the first two post-war governments. Reconciliation did not materialize in this period. Instead, new fault-lines emerged as attacks on the Muslim community escalated drastically. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the nature of relations between the Sinhalese and Muslims and the Tamils and Muslims, as well as the nature and causes of post-war anti-Muslim riots.



The Chronic And The Acute


The Chronic And The Acute
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Author : Gehan Gunatillake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

The Chronic And The Acute written by Gehan Gunatillake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Sri Lanka categories.




Buddhist Extremists And Muslim Minorities


Buddhist Extremists And Muslim Minorities
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Author : John Clifford Holt
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016

Buddhist Extremists And Muslim Minorities written by John Clifford Holt and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Religion categories.


When the civil war in Sri Lanka between Sinhala Buddhists and Tamils ended in 2009, many Sri Lankans and foreign observers alike hoped to see the re-establishment of relatively harmonious religious and ethnic relations among the various communities in the country. Instead, a different type of violence erupted, this time aimed at the Muslim community. The essays in Buddhist Extremists and Muslim Minorities investigate the history and current state of Buddhist-Muslim relations in Sri Lanka, in an attempt to identify the causes of this newly emergent conflict. Euro-American readers unfamiliar with this story will be surprised to learn that it inverts common stereotypes of the two religious groups. In this context, certain groups of Buddhists, generally considered peace-oriented in the West, are engaged in victimizing Muslims, who are increasingly seen as militant. The authors examine the historical contexts and substantive reasons that gave rise to Buddhist nationalism and aggressive attacks on Muslim communities. The rise of Buddhist nationalism in general is analyzed and explained, while the specific role, methods, and character of the militant Bodu Bala Sena (Army of Buddhist Power) movement receive particular scrutiny. The motivations for attacks on Muslims may include deep-seated perceptions of economic disparity, but elements of religious culture (ritual and symbol) are also seen as catalysts for explosive acts of violence. This much-needed, timely commentary promises to shift the standard narrative on Muslims and religious violence.



Crucible Of Conflict


Crucible Of Conflict
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Author : Dennis B. McGilvray
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2008-05-07

Crucible Of Conflict written by Dennis B. McGilvray and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-07 with Social Science categories.


Crucible of Conflict is an ethnographic and historical study of Hindu castes, matrilineal family structure, popular religious traditions, and ethnic conflict. It is also the first full-length ethnography of Sri Lanka’s east coast, an area that suffered heavily in the 2004 tsunami and that is of vital significance to the political future of the island nation. Since the bitter guerrilla war for an independent Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka broke out in 1983, the easternmost region of the island has emerged as a strategic site of conflict. Dennis B. McGilvray argues that any long-term resolution of the ethnic conflict must accommodate this region, in which Sinhalese Buddhists, Tamil Hindus, and Tamil-speaking Muslims are each a significant share of the population. McGilvray explores the densely populated farming and fishing settlements in this coastal zone, focusing on the Tamil and Muslim inhabitants of an agricultural town in the Ampara District. Drawing on fieldwork conducted over more than thirty years as well as on Tamil and Dutch historical sources, he describes the regional dominance of a non-Brahmin matrilineal caste of thirteenth-century Kerala origin. The Muslims, who acquired dowry lands and matrilineal family patterns through local intermarriages, have in the twentieth century emerged from Hindu caste domination and are now the Tamil Hindus’ political and economic equals. Crucible of Conflict offers a uniquely detailed account of Muslim kinship and community organization in eastern Sri Lanka, as well as a comparison of Tamil and Muslim practices and institutions. McGilvray concludes with an analysis of the interethnic tensions and communal violence that have intensified in recent years.



Muslim Perspectives On The Sri Lankan Conflict


Muslim Perspectives On The Sri Lankan Conflict
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Author : Dennis B. McGilvray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Muslim Perspectives On The Sri Lankan Conflict written by Dennis B. McGilvray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.




In My Mother S House


In My Mother S House
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Author : Sharika Thiranagama
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2011-08-16

In My Mother S House written by Sharika Thiranagama and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-16 with Social Science categories.


In May 2009, the Sri Lankan army overwhelmed the last stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam—better known as the Tamil Tigers—officially bringing an end to nearly three decades of civil war. Although the war has ended, the place of minorities in Sri Lanka remains uncertain, not least because the lengthy conflict drove entire populations from their homes. The figures are jarring: for example, all of the roughly 80,000 Muslims in northern Sri Lanka were expelled from the Tamil Tiger-controlled north, and nearly half of all Sri Lankan Tamils were displaced during the course of the civil war. Sharika Thiranagama's In My Mother's House provides ethnographic insight into two important groups of internally displaced people: northern Sri Lankan Tamils and Sri Lankan Muslims. Through detailed engagement with ordinary people struggling to find a home in the world, Thiranagama explores the dynamics within and between these two minority communities, describing how these relations were reshaped by violence, displacement, and authoritarianism. In doing so, she illuminates an often overlooked intraminority relationship and new social forms created through protracted war. In My Mother's House revolves around three major themes: ideas of home in the midst of profound displacement; transformations of familial experience; and the impact of the political violence—carried out by both the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan state—on ordinary lives and public speech. Her rare focus on the effects and responses to LTTE political regulation and violence demonstrates that envisioning a peaceful future for postconflict Sri Lanka requires taking stock of the new Tamil and Muslim identities forged by the civil war. These identities cannot simply be cast away with the end of the war but must be negotiated anew.



Multi Religiosity In Contemporary Sri Lanka


Multi Religiosity In Contemporary Sri Lanka
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Author : Mark P. Whitaker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-26

Multi Religiosity In Contemporary Sri Lanka written by Mark P. Whitaker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-26 with Religion categories.


This book presents a collection of original research about every day, innovative, interactive, and multiple religiosities among Sri Lankan Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and devotees of New Religious Movements in post-war Sri Lanka. The contributors examine the unique and innovative religiosity that can be observed in Sri Lanka, which reveals a complex reality of mingled, and even simultaneous, cooperation and conflict. The book shows that innovative religious practices and institutions have achieved a new prominence in public life since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009. Using the analytic framework of ‘innovative religiosity’ to allow researchers to look at this question between and across Sri Lanka’s plural religious landscape in order to escape both the epistemological and ethnographic isolation of studies that limit themselves to one form of religious practice, the chapters also investigate the extent to which inter-religious tolerance is still possible in the wake of Sri Lanka’s religion-involving civil war, and the continuing influence of populist Buddhist nationalism, globalization and geopolitics on Sri Lanka’s post-war governance. The book offers a novel approach to the study of post-conflict societies and furthers the understanding of the status of tolerance between religious practitioners in contexts where both ethnic conflict and multi-religious sites are prominent. This book is an important resource for researchers studying Anthropology, Asian Religion, Religion in Context and South Asian Studies.



Identity Crisis Of Sri Lankan Muslims


Identity Crisis Of Sri Lankan Muslims
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Author : Vasundhara Mohan
language : en
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Release Date : 1987

Identity Crisis Of Sri Lankan Muslims written by Vasundhara Mohan and has been published by Mittal Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Religion categories.




Sri Lanka


Sri Lanka
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Author : Noah Berlatsky
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2014-03-14

Sri Lanka written by Noah Berlatsky and has been published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-14 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.


This collection of essays explores decades of conflict and violence in Sri Lanka and the acts of genocide and crimes against humanity that have resulted. Readers will understand the historical background on the years of conflict, with an examination of the controversies surrounding this conflict. Essays explain the roots of the violence, assertions that genocide was committed by both sides, and the state of the postwar peace process. Background information and first person accounts of the events are provided as well, to give the reader a more rounded knowledge of the events.