HomeA Malevolence Like Any Other: Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians and the Entrenched ‘Other’Members of the Siva Senai protest the slaughter of cattle. For thirty years a war was fought splitting the country on ethnic lines- the Sinhalese and the Tamils. But now, fundamentalists on both sides (Sinhalese are mostly Buddhist, and Tamils mostly Hindu), are seeing the similarities in each other’s religions and joining hands against Muslims and Christians.
Members of the Siva Senai protest the slaughter of cattle. For thirty years a war was fought splitting the country on ethnic lines- the Sinhalese and the Tamils. But now, fundamentalists on both sides (Sinhalese are mostly Buddhist, and Tamils mostly Hindu), are seeing the similarities in each other’s religions and joining hands against Muslims and Christians.
