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Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka

This study drew on important insights from a quarter-century history of forcefully evicted Muslims in Sri Lanka’s northern province by examining the nature of their displaced life and their permanent resettlement in their traditional villages, particularly in the post-civil war context. Reviewing th...

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Main Authors: Yusoff, Mohammad Agus, Sarjoon, Athambawa, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah
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Language:English
Published: Medwell Journal 2018
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JF Political institutions (General)
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spelling my.uum.repo.314802024-11-12T13:14:41Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31480/ Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka Yusoff, Mohammad Agus Sarjoon, Athambawa Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah JF Political institutions (General) This study drew on important insights from a quarter-century history of forcefully evicted Muslims in Sri Lanka’s northern province by examining the nature of their displaced life and their permanent resettlement in their traditional villages, particularly in the post-civil war context. Reviewing the literature and primary sources, this paper argues that the forceful eviction of northern Muslims was unfortunate and the persistent sidetracking of their permanent resettlement violated their right to live in their traditional villages. Successive governments have failed to propose a sustainable mechanism to resettle these Muslims as part of the resettlement plans. Post-war resettlement initiatives hardly considered the permanent resettlement of these Muslims in their traditional villages. In addition, the issue of resettling northern Muslims became highly contested due to lack of proper policies and plans of the government authorities, as well as moral and institutional support from the Tamil community and their polity, opposition, and criticisms from the Sinhalese-Buddhist nationalist forces, and fragmentation within Muslim politics, together with the protracted nature of the displacement. This study suggested that the continued neglect of their resettlement would challenge the sustainability of post-war development and ethnic reconciliation in Sri Lanka Medwell Journal 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31480/1/SS%2007%2007%202018%2001-20.pdf Yusoff, Mohammad Agus and Sarjoon, Athambawa and Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah (2018) Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka. The Social Sciences, 7 (7). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1818-5800 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci
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topic JF Political institutions (General)
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Yusoff, Mohammad Agus
Sarjoon, Athambawa
Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah
Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
description This study drew on important insights from a quarter-century history of forcefully evicted Muslims in Sri Lanka’s northern province by examining the nature of their displaced life and their permanent resettlement in their traditional villages, particularly in the post-civil war context. Reviewing the literature and primary sources, this paper argues that the forceful eviction of northern Muslims was unfortunate and the persistent sidetracking of their permanent resettlement violated their right to live in their traditional villages. Successive governments have failed to propose a sustainable mechanism to resettle these Muslims as part of the resettlement plans. Post-war resettlement initiatives hardly considered the permanent resettlement of these Muslims in their traditional villages. In addition, the issue of resettling northern Muslims became highly contested due to lack of proper policies and plans of the government authorities, as well as moral and institutional support from the Tamil community and their polity, opposition, and criticisms from the Sinhalese-Buddhist nationalist forces, and fragmentation within Muslim politics, together with the protracted nature of the displacement. This study suggested that the continued neglect of their resettlement would challenge the sustainability of post-war development and ethnic reconciliation in Sri Lanka
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author Yusoff, Mohammad Agus
Sarjoon, Athambawa
Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah
author_facet Yusoff, Mohammad Agus
Sarjoon, Athambawa
Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah
author_sort Yusoff, Mohammad Agus
title Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
title_short Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
title_full Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
title_fullStr Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
title_sort resettlement of northern muslims: a challenge for sustainable post-war development and reconciliation in sri lanka
publisher Medwell Journal
publishDate 2018
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31480/1/SS%2007%2007%202018%2001-20.pdf
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https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci
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