SRI LANKA AND MYANMAR: UNDERSTANDING RISE OF BUDDHIST RADICALISM – ANALYSIS
By Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy-
Over the past three years, there has been an evident surge of Buddhist radicalism in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, with the clergy being increasingly involved in violence against minorities, especially Muslims. Both countries have sizeable Muslim populations, and while the situation in Myanmar is the worse of the two, Sri Lanka is not too far behind.