What is behind the anti-Muslim measures in Sri Lanka? Demonising Muslims as a political strategyPolitical elites in Sri Lanka have consistently demonised minorities and incited ethno-religious animosity to win elections. Former president and then MP Mahinda Rajapaksa, in collusion with President Maithripala Sirisena staged a coup to take control of the government. Ten years after a devastating war the Sri Lankan polity shows little evidence of having learnt from its past. She has published on the social and political history of Muslims, gender politics and the anti-Muslim movement in Sri Lanka)

Source: The Nation April 18, 2021 00:00 UTC