Re-thinking Muslim Political identities in Sri Lanka
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31436/ijrcs.v3i1.124Keywords:
Politics, Imagined Communities, Muslim, Sri LankaAbstract
The Muslims in Sri Lanka have an identity crisis that affects their political representation. Whilst this has enabled them to pursue a path of accommodationist politics, there has been an evolution in the grassroots around Muslim politics. This has meant that there is a challenge for the Muslim political representation especially in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks. This paper offers some insights into how the Muslim political representation can be reimagined.
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