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| + | * [http://www.khamkoo.com/uploads/9/0/0/4/9004485/buddhism_conflict_and_violence_in_modern_sri_lanka.pdf Buddhism, conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka] | ||
| + | * [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11999611 Sri Lanka profile] | ||
| + | * [http://www.culturalsurvival.org/ourpublications/csq/article/ethnic-and-religious-conflicts-india Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in India] | ||
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Communal Conflict[edit]
A communal conflict is a conflict in which groups that define themselves using ethnic, national or religious criteria make a claim against the state or other political actors. Sources of communal conflict might include a common homeland, religion, language, race etc. Communal conflicts differ in size and gravity, as it is a broad term used to cover many ethnic conflicts. An example of a communal conflict is that of modern Sri Lanka; since 1983, there has been simmering tension between the ethno-politically marginalized Tamils from the North and East, whose claim to a homeland has been rejected by the state and Sinhala-Buddhists from the South, who claim further territories.
