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DESCRIPTION:Sri Lankan Muslims:Between Ethno-nationalism and the Global Umm
 ah Although the LTTE (Tamil Tiger) rebels were defeated by Sri Lankan gove
 rnment forces in May 2009\, the island’s Muslim minority still face threat
 s of Tamil ethno-linguistic nationalism and pro-Sinhala Buddhist governmen
 t land and resettlement policies. In addition\, localized conflicts have a
 risen within the Sri Lankan Muslim community between popular Sufi sheiks a
 nd followers of hostile Islamic reformist movements energized by ideas and
  resources from the global ummah\, or world community of Muslims. This sim
 ultaneous combination of “external” ethno-nationalist rivalries and “inter
 nal” Islamic doctrinal conflict has placed Sri Lanka’s Muslims in a double
  bind: how to defend against Tamil and Sinhalese ethnic hegemonies while n
 ot appearing to embrace an Islamist or jihadist agenda. This talk traces t
 he development of Sri Lankan Muslim identity in the 20th century\, then ex
 amines the recent anti-Sufi violence that threatens to divide the Sri Lank
 an Muslim community today.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:SAC Presents: Dennis McGilvary
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Sri Lankan Muslims:Between Ethno-nationalism a
 nd the Global Ummah Although the LTTE (Tamil Tiger) rebels were defeated b
 y Sri Lankan government forces in May 2009\, the island’s Muslim minority 
 still face threats of Tamil ethno-linguistic nationalism and pro-Sinhala B
 uddhist government land and resettlement policies. In addition\, localized
  conflicts have arisen within the Sri Lankan Muslim community between popu
 lar Sufi sheiks and followers of hostile Islamic reformist movements energ
 ized by ideas and resources from the global ummah\, or world community of 
 Muslims. This simultaneous combination of “external” ethno-nationalist riv
 alries and “internal” Islamic doctrinal conflict has placed Sri Lanka’s Mu
 slims in a double bind: how to defend against Tamil and Sinhalese ethnic h
 egemonies while not appearing to embrace an Islamist or jihadist agenda. T
 his talk traces the development of Sri Lankan Muslim identity in the 20th 
 century\, then examines the recent anti-Sufi violence that threatens to di
 vide the Sri Lankan Muslim community today.&nbsp\;
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