State-Minority Contestations in Post-colonial Sri Lanka

Fazil, Mansoor Mohamed

doi:10.2478/jesr-2019-0065

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“…They enacted this even when Wickramasinghe committed to restarting the peace talks with the interim self-governing authority (ISGA). This Wickramasinghe's victory was hard-fought and at the end, leading to a slim lead in the margin for Rajapaksa who won on the southern vote (Fazil, 2019).…”

Section: National Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Experts believe that the failure of Indo-Lanka peace accord, Prabhakaran feared that another confrontation with elected Rajiv Gandhi will be detrimental to his cause. Hence he went ahead with the ill-fated decision to murder him (Fazil, 2019).…”

Section: International Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The failure of the LTTE to garner popular support in Tamil Nadu fueled the doomed decision to end (Fazil, 2019). The LTTE, since then, seen as a terrorist movement proscribed as terrorists and India started backing the Sri Lankan government against the LTTE.…”

Section: International Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The End of Sri Lanka’s Civil War and the Fall of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE): A Critical Analysis of the Contributed Factors to the Defeat of the LTTE

Fazil¹,

Fowsar²

2020

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Sri Lanka came to the international limelight through the backdrop of its undesirable war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that lasted over three decades. The LTTE was formed as a social force, and then it transformed as a leading armed movement to forward their decades-long quest to set up a Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka. The government ended the LTTE’s secessionist struggle in May 2009 after a lengthy and bloody battle. Several national and international factors played a crucial role in ending the civil war sooner. The study used a qualitative method of inquiry to explore the key factors that led to the fall of the LTTE, a vigorous armed movement that attempted to set up a separate state in the Island of Sri Lanka. The findings show that strong political leadership, fortified security forces, implementing sophisticated national security strategies, the split of the LTTE and the global war on terrorism are the major factors that had a significant impact and contributed in the LTTE being defeated in 2009.

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Section: National Factorsmentioning

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Section: International Factorsmentioning

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The End of Sri Lanka’s Civil War and the Fall of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE): A Critical Analysis of the Contributed Factors to the Defeat of the LTTE

Fazil¹,

Fowsar²

2020

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“…Following independence, the Ceylon government adopted several marginalization policies and took initiatives to exclude minorities from the mainstream of politics. Tamil minority, the most significant minority in the country, protested against the successive governments, which resulted in over three decades of civil war to establish a separate Tamil state in the island (Fazil, 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Affecting Ethnic Harmony between Sinhalese and Muslim Communities in Post-war Sri Lanka: A Study Based on South Eastern University of Sri Lanka

Razick¹,

Fowsar²,

Mihilar³

2020

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Sri Lanka is home to multi-cultural communities. It is the responsibility of the people across various religions, and communities to develop and maintain harmony with each other. Historically, the Sri Lankan Muslims and Sinhala Buddhists had an excellent relationship. Recently, the ethnic harmony between these two communities has been strained reflecting the fault lines running in a current social structure which lead to ethnic tensions, social animosities, restlessness, and disharmony among communities, amidst diverging political ideologies. Hence, this study focuses on identifying the root causes that wreck the harmony and social stability of the country. Hundred and fifty students from the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka were randomly selected to respond for a structured questionnaire, and fifteen formal interviews with students were also conducted to validate the questionnaire data. The secondary data were collected from various sources of information. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and basic statistical analytic techniques, and findings of the study were presented in the form of table and text. This study underlines the array of reasons, and root causes that prevent the harmony among Sinhala Buddhists and Muslim communities, such as ethnic differences, spreading hatred via social media, extremism that uses religion to forward their extremist ideologies. This study concludes with the argument that the government and people who strive for social harmony should act with commitment and dedication in the efforts to build harmony among religious communities in post-war Sri Lanka.

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“…Even when proposals to address the Tamil minorities' grievances were put forward by some Sinhala leaders, they were obstructed by chauvinists among the majority community. Peaceful protests by the Tamils eventually transformed into a violent uprising of Tamil youth, and it took on a new dimension after the July 1983 pogrom against the Tamils, which drew international attention and criticism (Fazil, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Armed Groups in Post-war Sri Lanka: A Study based on Koralaipattu South Divisional Secretariat Division in Eastern Sri Lanka

Kamalasiri¹,

Fowsar²,

Fazil³

2020

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This article generally focuses on the process of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) which are essential to restore sustainable peace in the post-war scenario. The DDR is one of the significant aspects of the process of post-war peacebuilding. In most of the cases, this process has implemented with the assistance of foreign governments and international or regional institutions. However, the circumstances under which the Government of Sri Lanka happened to take over the sole responsibility for implementing the DDR process have raised serious concerns both at the local and international level. Hence, this article attempts to conduct a detailed inquiry of the DDR process implemented in Sri Lanka after the end of the civil war. This article followed a descriptive method of investigation. The findings of the study show that the DDR process was not fully implemented in a broad manner in the Sri Lankan context, but only served as a continuation of the military victory over the LTTE. In particular, not much attention was paid to disarming and demobilizing the armed groups, and only the so-called DDR process took place without international assistance and supervision.

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State-Minority Contestations in Post-colonial Sri Lanka

Cited by 6 publications

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The End of Sri Lanka’s Civil War and the Fall of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE): A Critical Analysis of the Contributed Factors to the Defeat of the LTTE

The End of Sri Lanka’s Civil War and the Fall of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE): A Critical Analysis of the Contributed Factors to the Defeat of the LTTE

Factors Affecting Ethnic Harmony between Sinhalese and Muslim Communities in Post-war Sri Lanka: A Study Based on South Eastern University of Sri Lanka

Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Armed Groups in Post-war Sri Lanka: A Study based on Koralaipattu South Divisional Secretariat Division in Eastern Sri Lanka

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