Muslims in post-war Sri Lanka: understanding Sinhala-Buddhist mobilization against them

@article{Imtiyaz2015MuslimsIP,
  title={Muslims in post-war Sri Lanka: understanding Sinhala-Buddhist mobilization against them},
  author={A. R. M. Imtiyaz and Amjad Mohamed-Saleem},
  journal={Asian Ethnicity},
  year={2015},
  volume={16},
  pages={186 - 202},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143023786}
}
This study attempts to understand the recent mobilization against the Sri Lankan Muslim community by Sinhala-Buddhist organizations. In doing so, it adds to the discussion about the relationship… 
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