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Environments of Law: Islam, Buddhism, and the State in Contemporary Sri Lanka
Author Schonthal, Benjamin
Source The Journal of Asian Studies
Volumev.75 n.1
Date2016.02
Pages137 - 156
PublisherAssociation for Asian Studies
Publisher Url https://www.asian-studies.org/
LocationAnn Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
AbstractThis article uses an important Sri Lankan Supreme Court case concerning religious sound as a starting point for thinking about the intersections of Islam, law, politics, and Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It argues that Sri Lankan Muslims find themselves in three interlacing legal “environments” at the present moment: in an environment of general laws governing religion, in an environment of special laws and administrative bodies for Muslims, and in a broader constitutional environment that grants special recognition to Buddhism. These environments offer differing opportunities and imperatives for expressing Muslim identity, religious equality, diversity, rights, and freedoms in contemporary Sri Lanka. Through a consideration of these legal environments and the way they affected the case, this article illuminates ongoing questions about the legal and political status of Muslims on the island and provides a snapshot of the legal debates and discourses that have flowed into and fortified recent anti-Muslim sentiments on the island.
Table of contentsENVIRONMENT ONE: GENERAL LAWS GOVERNING RELIGION 138
ENVIRONMENT TWO: SPECIAL LAWS AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES FOR MUSLIMS 142
ENVIRONMENT THREE: THE ENVIRONMENT OF BUDDHISM’S “FOREMOST PLACE” 147
ISLAM, THE STATE, AND ENVIRONMENTS OF LAW 153
Acknowledgments 154
List of References 154
ISSN00219118 (P); 17520401 (E)
DOI10.1017/S0021911815002053
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Created date2017.05.31
Modified date2020.03.13



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