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Buddhist extremists and Muslim minorities : religious conflict in contemporary Sri Lanka /

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The rise of right-wing groups of Sinhala Buddhists in Sri Lanka in recent years has caused a new wave of religious violence, in this case with Muslims being the primary targets. Buddhist Extremists and Muslim Minorities presents a collection of essays that investigate the history and current conditi...

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Other Authors: Holt, John, 1948- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Islam > Relations > Buddhism.
Buddhism > Relations > Islam.
Islam > Sri Lanka.
Buddhism > Sri Lanka.
Islam > Relations > Bouddhisme.
Bouddhisme > Relations > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Buddhism
Interfaith relations
Islam
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka.
Tamils.
Islam.
Buddhism.
State and Church relations.
Nationalism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / John Clifford Holt
  • Sinhala Buddhist nationalism and Muslim identity in Sri Lanka: one hundred years of conflict and coexistence / M.A. Nuhman
  • Rethinking Muslim identity in Sri Lanka / Dennis B. McGilvray
  • Refuge in the state: Buddhist monks and virtuous governmentality / Jonathan A. Young
  • Configurations of Buddhist nationalism in modern Sri Lanka / Benjamin Schonthal
  • Gossip, rumor, and propaganda in anti-Muslim campaigns of the Bodu Bala Sena / Kalinga Tudor Silva
  • Adjudicating antiquity: the politics of historical confrontation at Devanagala, Sri Lanka / Philip Friedrich
  • Stories in the aftermath of Aluthgama / Farzana Haniffa
  • A religious syntax to recent communal violence in Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt.