Kattankudy in Eastern Sri Lanka

A Mullah-Merchant Urban Complex Caught between Islamist Factionalism and Ethno-Nationalisms

Bibliographic Data

ID6085671
AuthorsAmeer Ali
Year2009
Volume29
Issue2
Pages183-194
Publication date2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInstitute of Muslim Minority Affairs Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-6952 • E-ISSN: 1469-9591
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13602000902943575
OpenAlexW2064100517
LanguageEN
Citations received4

In the changing economy of Sri Lanka and in its environment of political conflict, the situation of Muslims in the country, who are not a party to the ethno-nationalistic war, is worsening by the day. The politics of Muslims in the Eastern Province is a story of conflict within a conflict. In this province, Kattankudy, which has the largest Muslim settlement in the region, is one hundred percent Muslim and religiously conservative. These Muslims are also economically enterprising. However, an internally divisive Islamist factionalism and an externally constricting ethno-economic nationalism are converging to cripple the very survival of this urban community. The government appears to have become a dishonest broker in the middle, playing a double game to marginalise the Muslim community in order to appease a splinter Tamil group

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