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Islamists driven by a Rage against the Historical Downturn in Islamic Political Supremacy
Clive Kessler, courtesy of New Mandala, 12 January 2015, where the title runs as follows: “A Rage against History” … while the version in The Weekend Australian has the title “”Islam cannot disown jihadists driven by rage against history“ The … Continue reading
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Around Galle and the southern coast: a magical family holiday
John Gimlette, courtesy of the Daily Telegraph and http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=features/sri-lanka-family-holidays-amazing-mr-elephant where the title reads “Sri Lanka family holidays: the amazing Mr Elephant” If you were to design a child’s perfect holiday, it would involve beaches, a castle, a little magic, something gruesome … Continue reading
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Anticipated but avoidable extremisms, machinations, failures
Kalana Senaratne in The Island, 27 March 2013 where the title is “Geneva and Bodu Bala Sena: Two Dimensions of a Crisis” There are tensions and schisms erupting, there is a crisis in the making. One dimension of this crisis … Continue reading
Filed under accountability, Eelam, fundamentalism, Indian Ocean politics, law of armed conflict, LTTE, Muslims in Lanka, patriotism, political demonstrations, politIcal discourse, power politics, power sharing, Rajapaksa regime, reconciliation, self-reflexivity, Sinhala-Tamil Relations, sri lankan society, Tamil migration, tolerance, truth as casualty of war, violence of language, world events & processes
Neither Tiger nor Lion: A Suffering Tamil Voice of Reason from Diaspora Land
A Tamil in UK who must remain Anonymous … responding to Tamil nationalist commemorations of the Tiger and Tamil dead and to a photograph by Robert Pinney [see below] depicting this event in mid-May 2013** It really bothers me that the … Continue reading
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Sheridan rails against lax Australian policy towards boat people
Greg Sheridan,** in The Weekend Australian, 31 March 2012 CONSIDER this moment. The young jihadist Mohamed Merah, 23, a Frenchman of Algerian background, has recently killed three French soldiers, two of African heritage and one West Indian. He did this to … Continue reading
A Sinhalese reflects on the present in the light of July 1983, retributive Tamil emotions & the Tamil motto ‘work is worship’
Hemantha Warnakulasuriya, courtesy of http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/7233where the title reads: ‘Work is worship’: The work ethic success of the Sri Lankan Tamils I have often wondered why we, as a nation, cannot progress as rapidly as our neighbour – India. Any political analyst would … Continue reading
