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Jagath Weerasinghe: Sri Lanka's bloody past

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The Politics of Religion in Sri Lanka

You are very critical of the Buddhist clergy and Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka. But I mean, is that fair? There are really good monks. You know, you have my friend, friend, friend,. monks who are for reconciliation. But then there is a small vocal, vociferous group that imposes their ideas onto the people. This is those politicised institutionalised religion that I am very uncomfortable because I am a Buddhist. So I use that to question the monks when they...

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