The Easter Sunday Attacks : Struggle for the Soul of Sri Lankan Muslims
The Sri Lankan government is banning the public wearing of the face-veil by some Muslim women as a security measure in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels claimed by ISIS. This is symptomatic of a deeper struggle: the battle to shape the soul of Sri Lankan Muslims. This has...
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| author | Kumar Ramakrishna |
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| description | The Sri Lankan government is banning the public wearing of the face-veil by some Muslim women as a security measure in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels claimed by ISIS. This is symptomatic of a deeper struggle: the battle to shape the soul of Sri Lankan Muslims. This has implications for countering future ISIS-type attacks. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/843052024-01-22T06:47:25Z The Easter Sunday Attacks : Struggle for the Soul of Sri Lankan Muslims Kumar Ramakrishna S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Country and Region Studies The Sri Lankan government is banning the public wearing of the face-veil by some Muslim women as a security measure in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels claimed by ISIS. This is symptomatic of a deeper struggle: the battle to shape the soul of Sri Lankan Muslims. This has implications for countering future ISIS-type attacks. 2019-05-13T05:58:25Z 2019-12-06T15:42:29Z 2019-05-13T05:58:25Z 2019-12-06T15:42:29Z 2019 Commentary Kumar Ramakrishna. (2019). The Easter Sunday Attacks : Struggle for the Soul of Sri Lankan Muslims (RSIS Commentaries, No. 087). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84305 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48174 en RSIS Commentaries, 087-19 Nanyang Technological University 4 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Country and Region Studies Kumar Ramakrishna The Easter Sunday Attacks : Struggle for the Soul of Sri Lankan Muslims |
| title | The Easter Sunday Attacks : Struggle for the Soul of Sri Lankan Muslims |
| title_full | The Easter Sunday Attacks : Struggle for the Soul of Sri Lankan Muslims |
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| title_short | The Easter Sunday Attacks : Struggle for the Soul of Sri Lankan Muslims |
| title_sort | easter sunday attacks struggle for the soul of sri lankan muslims |
| topic | Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Country and Region Studies |
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