Genocide in Sri Lanka
Genocide in Sri Lanka
To quote the late Chinese politician Mao Tse-Tung a, “Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” Genocide; is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. But why do we participate in a matter that can only have a negative outcome? The ongoing struggle can be related to the religious, political and the European intervention to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka a small island that lies in the Indian Ocean, granted its independence in 1948. What was once a beautiful and peaceful land has now been in the midst of South Asia’s longest ongoing Civil War, between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils. Since 1983, there has been civil war, predominantly between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers), a separatist militant organization who fight to create an independent state named Tamil Eelam in the North and East of the island.
In Sri Lanka the majority Sinhalese are Buddhists, and the minority Tamils are Hindu’s this has sprung a lot of hate towards both parties due to different religious beliefs. In fact the Sri Lankan government frowns upon the notion of a Hindu believer taking leadership over the country, also the differences in religion has divided the country in position where people are discriminated for associating themselves with the opposite religion, to the point where you can be socially outsourced by the community. Another major issue is the prejudice that comes from the religious aspect, commencing a business perspective where both parties are being reluctant to interact with each other at a sophisticated level. In reality are these two religions that far off? In fact Buddhism springs from Hinduism as Buddha was a Hindu prince.
With numerous efforts to bring equality and a just living in Sri Lanka, by the LTTE(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ) and having failed, for the
To quote the late Chinese politician Mao Tse-Tung a, “Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” Genocide; is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. But why do we participate in a matter that can only have a negative outcome? The ongoing struggle can be related to the religious, political and the European intervention to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka a small island that lies in the Indian Ocean, granted its independence in 1948. What was once a beautiful and peaceful land has now been in the midst of South Asia’s longest ongoing Civil War, between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils. Since 1983, there has been civil war, predominantly between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers), a separatist militant organization who fight to create an independent state named Tamil Eelam in the North and East of the island.
In Sri Lanka the majority Sinhalese are Buddhists, and the minority Tamils are Hindu’s this has sprung a lot of hate towards both parties due to different religious beliefs. In fact the Sri Lankan government frowns upon the notion of a Hindu believer taking leadership over the country, also the differences in religion has divided the country in position where people are discriminated for associating themselves with the opposite religion, to the point where you can be socially outsourced by the community. Another major issue is the prejudice that comes from the religious aspect, commencing a business perspective where both parties are being reluctant to interact with each other at a sophisticated level. In reality are these two religions that far off? In fact Buddhism springs from Hinduism as Buddha was a Hindu prince.
With numerous efforts to bring equality and a just living in Sri Lanka, by the LTTE(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ) and having failed, for the