Buddhist extremism, anti-Muslim violence and civil war legacies in Sri Lanka

Morrison, Chas

doi:10.1080/14631369.2019.1610937

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“…The prompting questions focussed on: The most pertinent aspect of the data collection for this present paper is that it took place five years before the Easter 2019 bombings. The data was originally collected to form the basis of a previous research paper (Morrison 2019), and therefore the data collection for this present paper comes with some caveats. The original purpose of these interviews was to gain insights into the ethnopolitical environment in which the 2014 riots occurred and the contributions to peace of faith-based actors.…”

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“…Their dress in Colombo for example, is now more visibly Arab influenced, particularly with women wearing hijabs and niqabs. This can easily feed into charges that Muslims have increased demographically in Colombo, purely because they are more visibly 'Islamic' rather than 'Sri Lankan' (Morrison 2019). A Buddhist monk explains, "20 years ago, Muslim women used saris, now only use black clothes.…”

Section: The Contested Positionality Of Islam In Sri Lankamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Post-conflict interfaith activities, combatting religious extremism and mass atrocity in Sri Lanka

Morrison

2020

Revista De Paz Y Conflictos

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This study examines Sri Lanka's conflict history and interfaith dialogue (IFD), situated with regard to the devastating 2019 Easter bombings. Religious identity has become more conspicuous in Sri Lankan society, as demonstrated in more religious extremism and interfaith activities, including among actors and groups who traditionally avoided such initiatives. Based on narrative analysis of interviews with representatives from the country's four major religions discussing interfaith activities, communal relations and Buddhist extremism, this paper highlights how legacies from the war have exacerbated long-lasting divisions and mistrust between the country's ethno-religious groups, even if they were not the original conflict actors. Following ethno-religious conflict, local-level interfaith activities have limited impact as they do not reach extremists and generally engage people already committed to non-violent social change. Since the civil war termination in 2009, faith groups and civil society have expressed reservations about inter-communal relations and the potential for further violence. These fears were realised with the devastating Jihadi bombings in Easter 2019.

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Post-conflict interfaith activities, combatting religious extremism and mass atrocity in Sri Lanka

Morrison

2020

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“…To the best of my knowledge, empirical research on the nexus between monks and multiple embeddedness in terms of DCs published in English refereed journals is rare. Much of the literature on monks is premised on the analyses of political and religious animosities, social inequalities, Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology, majoritarianism, and ethnoreligious exclusiveness among followers of Buddhism in a Sri Lankan context (De Votta, 2007; Mihlar, 2019; Morrison, 2020; Stewart, 2014). Some scholars have also highlighted the fossilized and lethal combination of religion, ethnicity, and politics which hinders peaceful coexistence.…”

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Contemporary dynamics in religious practices: Community multiple embeddedness and conflicting encounters between Buddhist monks and the laity in Sri Lanka.

Chandrasoma¹

2023

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Informed by the concept of discourse community (DC), this empirical research involving 759 participants critically explores the conflicting encounters between Buddhist monks (monks) and the laity in Sri Lanka owing to unorthodox discursive practices emerging from community multiple embeddedness (multiple embeddedness). A DC consists of a group of people who pursue specific goals and engage in practices (discursive practices) common to them; multiple embeddedness occurs when members of such a community share common goals and practices unique to different discourse communities. What is new in this research is that it unravels the root causes of unorthodox practices of monks which pose challenges to traditionalist discourses relating to Buddhism. A wealth of evidence derived from the qualitative data reveals that monks can no longer adhere to their ordination practices in pristine reality since they are being subjected to new social dynamics in tune with a variety of imperatives; hence, the boundary between monkhood and worldliness is increasingly becoming blurred engendering conflicts instead of peace. Public Significance StatementThis study explores socially unacceptable practices of Buddhist monks as a result of their active interactions with two discourse communities: university students and politicians in Sri Lanka. Most laypersons are disillusioned with these relatively new behavior patterns of monks as opposed to the teachings of the Buddha. Hence, conflicting encounters between monks and laypersons are not uncommon. In these contexts, the need for reconciliation and peace initiatives is strongly felt.

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“…In the words of its first promoter, D. Marsh, CLIL is a "language pedagogy focusing on meaning which contrasts to those which focus on form" (Marsh, 2002, p. 49). According to Dale (2011), "it is a consequence of the influence of bilingualism, second language acquisition theories, cognitive learning theories, and constructivism (p. [19][20][21]. Coyle, et.al.…”

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Elt,a Catalyst for Reconciliation: A Review of Literature on Intercultural Communicative Competence in Tertiary Education in Sri Lanka.

Jayasinghe¹

2019

IJAR

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Ethnolinguistic diversity in Sri Lankan society resembles its multicultural aspect in which the implicit need of "link" among different social groups is emphasized. Any culture intrinsically inherits its language aspect since culture and language are inexorably intertwined concepts. Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) has become one of the top focuses today in education for identified, distinctive and pre-eminent reasons. ICC for professionals is quintessential key competency since their awareness of intercultural differences and features are crucial in any multicultural professional community. In that scenario, cumulative competencies in language teaching and intercultural understanding reconcile the ultimate purpose of the particular career objectives. Having identified the ultimate socioeconomic and cultural destinations in any profession, the need to inculcate ICC to every professional would be an effective beginning. Along with the best understanding of ICC, some of the countries have already expanded its ICC education through Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) practices in schools, tertiary education and vocational institutes-simply with the invaluable purpose of ensuring the competence of future professionals" intercultural understanding and respect to other cultures and their peaceful interaction with any person in any context. A few studies have been conducted based on Sri Lanka, yet it has been successful in other multiethnic communities. This literary review shows ELT can be a support to produce ICC through the use of CLIL practices in ELT.

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Buddhist extremism, anti-Muslim violence and civil war legacies in Sri Lanka

Abstract: This document is the author's post-print version, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer-review process. Some differences between the published version and this version may remain and you are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it.

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

Post-conflict interfaith activities, combatting religious extremism and mass atrocity in Sri Lanka

Post-conflict interfaith activities, combatting religious extremism and mass atrocity in Sri Lanka

Contemporary dynamics in religious practices: Community multiple embeddedness and conflicting encounters between Buddhist monks and the laity in Sri Lanka.

Elt,a Catalyst for Reconciliation: A Review of Literature on Intercultural Communicative Competence in Tertiary Education in Sri Lanka.

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