Phil Miller on fearing for Muslim communities in Sri Lanka.
Observers are worried that that Sinhalese nationalists are turning on Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority in a bid to consolidate the country as an exclusively Buddhist nation.
The government declared a state of emergency in March as riots against the country’s Muslim minority spiralled out of control. One Muslim man was killed and hundreds of Muslim-owned properties, including mosques, were set alight.
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