Politics Of Tamil-Muslim Relations - Colombo Telegraph

Politics Of Tamil-Muslim Relations - Colombo Telegraph

By Ameer Ali – Dr. Ameer Ali Politics of Sri Lankan Tamil–Muslim relations has a chequered history of more than a century dating back to 1880s. Although these two communities are linguistically one linked by their mother tongue Tamil, there is a simmering feeling of mistrust between the two communities which separates them not only politically but had even led to intermittent inter-communal violence. Social contact between the two communities at…