Islam, Politics and Violence in Eastern Sri Lanka
@article{Klem2011IslamPA, title={Islam, Politics and Violence in Eastern Sri Lanka}, author={Bart Klem}, journal={The Journal of Asian Studies}, year={2011}, volume={70}, pages={730 - 753} }
This article bridges Sri Lankan studies and the academic debate on the relation between contemporary Islam and politics. It constitutes a case study of the Muslim community in Akkaraipattu on Sri Lanka's war-ridden east coast. Over two decades of ethnically colored conflict have made Muslim identity of paramount importance, but the meanings attached to that identity vary substantively. Politicians, mosque leaders, Sufis and Tablighis define the ethnic, religious and political dimensions of…
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