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| An Analysis of the Post-War Community Relations between Buddhists and Muslims in Sri Lanka: A Muslim's Perspective | ||
| 作者 | Long, Ahmad Sunawari (著) ; Ismail, Khaidzir Hj. (著) ; Salleh, Kamarudin (著) ; Kumin, Saadiah (著) ; Omar, Halizah (著) ; Razick, Ahamed Sarjoon (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Politics and Law |
| 卷期 | v.9 n.6 |
| 出版日期 | 2016.08 |
| 頁次 | 42 - 54 |
| 出版者 | Canadian Center of Science and Education |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.ccsenet.org/ |
| 出版地 | Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada [列治文山, 安大略, 加拿大] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Muslim perspective; post-war; community relationship; Buddhists; Muslims |
| 摘要 | Sri Lanka is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious country comprising four of the world's major religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. Buddhists are the predominant ethnic group, constituting 70.19% of the total population, while Muslims make up the second largest minority in the country. There are many records in the history to prove well the cordial relationship between Buddhists and Muslims in Sri Lanka. However, in the past couple of years, particularly during the aftermath of the civil war, tension may be observed in the relationship between these two religious groups. This is due to a campaign undertaken by a several Buddhist nationalist groups whose intensions are to create a division among these respective societies. These groups have been carrying protests against Muslim social, cultural and religious aspects, including issuing Halal certification, slaughtering of cattle, conducting prayer services, etc. Moreover, they have disseminated misinterpretations about Muslims and Islam with derogatory speeches among the Buddhist public, for the purpose of accomplishing above division. Given the above backdrop, this paper attempts to determine the post-war relationship between Muslims and Buddhists in the country, including major interrupting factors, through analyzing Muslims' point of views. According to the results, there is no remarkable fluctuation in the relationships between Muslims and Buddhists, and Muslims have posited that there are several social, cultural and religious practices them that act as significant barriers to maintaining a better community relationship with Buddhists, such as slaughtering of cattle for meals. Therefore, almost all of the Muslims have been demanding proper guidelines regarding the slaughtering of cattle, the Niqabs (face cover of Muslim women), and other factors related to interrupting a better interaction with the Buddhists for better cordiality, within the context of Sri Lanka. |
| 目次 | Abstract 42 Keywords 42 1. Introduction 42 2. Literature Review 43 3. Material and Method 46 Analysis of Respondents' Demography 46 4. Results and Discussion 46 Community relationship with the Buddhists: Muslims' Point of View 46 Item: 1 - Level of interest to interact with Buddhists 46 Item: 2 - Level of interest to participate in cultural events 47 Item: 3 - Interest in befriending 47 Item: 4 - Interest in helping 47 Item: 5 - Business connections 48 Item: 6 - Observing complexities in the relationship 48 Item: 7 - Social and cultural practices which interrupt community relationship 48 Item: 8 - Essentiality of guidelines on the slaughtering and trading of cattle 49 Item: 9 - Requiring guidelines on Hijab (headscarf) and Niqab (face cover) 49 Item: 10 - Desire of compromising mosque and worship related issues 50 Item: 11 - Desire of establishing Shariah guidelines 50 5. Conclusion 51 References 51 Appendix A 52 Copyrights 54 |
| ISSN | 19139047 (P); 19139055 (E) |
| DOI | 10.5539/jpl.v9n6p42 |
| 點閱次數 | 93 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.06.27 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.06.27 |
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