Muslim geographies and the politics of purification in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-264

  Hasbullah, Shahul ^a   Korf, Benedikt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Housing relocation; Muslim geographies; Purification; Sri Lanka; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; ETHNOPOLITICS; FRAGMENTATION; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; ISLAMISM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RELOCATION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPARA; ASIA; EASTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 67749118179     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2009.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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