இலங்கையில் நிலவும் மதவாத கலவரங்களுக்குப் பின்னணியில் இருப்போர் யார் என்பது குறித்தும், அண்மையில் கட்டவிழ்த்து விடப்பட்ட இனக்கலவரத்தின் பின்னணியில் பொது பல சேனாவின் பின்புலம் குறித்தும் அல்ஜஸீரா வெளியிட்டுள்ள ஆவணத் தொகுப்பே இது.
Tensions are running high in the Democratic Socialist Republic after the worst acts of religious violence in decades.
he Sri Lankan government has imposed an indefinite curfew in a popular tourist area after a group of Buddhists killed three muslims and injured dozens of others.
President Mahinda Rajapakse's government is accused of doing little to prevent this latest violence. It is said to have encouraged the rise of the Bodu Bana Sena, the group at the heart of the latest crisis. Rajapakse has denied any link to the group.
The latest unrest came weeks after Muslim legislators asked President Rajapakse to protect their minority community from what they described as Buddhist extremist elements, blamed for a recent spate of attacks.
Muslims make up about 10 percent of Sri Lanka’s 20 million population.
So, will further violence be averted? Or could Sri Lanka slip into another civil war?
Presenter: Hazem Sika.
Guests:
Rauf Hakeem, Sri Lankan justice minister.
Alan Keenan, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group.
Dilanthe Withanage, founding executive committee member of Bodu Bala Sena.
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