Strategic Imperatives of Muslim Leadership in Post-War Sri Lanka: Citizenship, Rights and Reconciliation

• Main Author: Mohamed Fouz, Mohamed Zacky
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2024
• Subjects: JA Political science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/115465/1/KAJH%2B31%282%29%2BArt%2B8.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/115465/2/KAJH%2B31%282%29%2BArt%2B8.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/115465/; https://ejournal.usm.my/kajh/article/view/kajh_vol31-no-2-2024_8/pdf; https://doi.org/10.21315/kajh2024.31.2.8

This study examines how a few selected mainstream Sri Lankan Muslim civil organisations have been responding to the Sinhala Buddhist ideological paradigm in postwar Sri Lanka. The ideology perceives that Sinhala Buddhists are true citizens of Sri Lanka while minorities are “others” or “guests”. Henc...