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Author: Riza Yehiya

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Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Religion and faith

Testing Muslims in the Month of Patience

Ramadan, the month of abstinence is when Muslims observe fast, voluntarily depriving themselves from all that are permitted to them on ordinary days. These abstentions are replaced with worship and acts that…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 05/20/201905/20/2019
Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Madrasahs, Extremism and National Security

Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe, via The nexus between Madrasah education and Islamic extremism have been in the global discussions ever since the emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. This phenomenon emerged in…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 05/13/2019
Colombo, Human Security, Politics and Governance

Denying the Right to Return

Shahul H.Hasbullah, Kandy Forum 2015. 124pp. ISBN 978-955-7902-00-5 Priced:Rs.500.00 Denying the Right to Return is an in-depth academic study on the history of Musali South and the issues and problems of the…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 12/08/201512/08/2015
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Urgency of paradigm shift in understanding ‘co-existence’

Image courtesy Gecko Sri Lanka blog Changing socio-political and economic scenarios, post war peace building needs in Sri Lanka and unleashing of anti-Muslim activities by Buddhist extremist groups have prompted discourses on…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 09/05/2014
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Is Sri Lanka sinking in to an abyss of racism and apartheid?

Photo by Shilpa Samaratunge Two months since the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) inspired anti Muslim attack in Aluthgama took place causing scores of damage, destruction and death to the livelihood, properties and…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 08/11/2014
Colombo, Economy, Human Security

Priming the Sex Worker: Poverty or Prosperity?

Photo by AP, via Occupy.com The issue of sex work emerging as a recognizable profession in Sri Lanka is trending. This is evidenced by the materials appearing in the media and the recent…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 11/27/2013
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Is there the problem of Co-Existence in the Sri Lankan society?

Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images via The sweeping rate of post war changes in Sri Lanka in its sociopolitical and economic domains are so severe that the normalcy that prevailed during the war is…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 09/18/2013
Colombo, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Democracy in the Deep State: Sri Lanka & Egypt

Photo via , REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 3rd July 2013 is a dark day in the history of Egypt and indeed in the democratic world. It was the day the deep state in…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 07/26/201307/25/2013
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

The Asymmetric Relationship of Buddhist-Muslim Bond in Sri Lanka

The Buddhist –Muslim relationship in Sri Lanka is centuries old. It grew from the pre-Islamic Arab relationship with Sri Lanka and continued beyond the advent of Islam. Principally, the Arabs who built…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 06/01/2013
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Strategy of Tension versus National Unity

Photo via The Globe and Mail, by Eranga Jayawardena/Associated Press The power system in modern societies is polycentric and therefore there are innumerable movers and shakers that influence society either in conflict or…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 04/21/201304/20/2013
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Why do Sri Lankan ‘patriots’ love Social Polarisation?

Photo by AFP, via Sri Lanka Brief Since the end of war in 2009, Sri Lanka has become a country full of zealots and patriots singing the song of country first, religion…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 02/23/201302/23/2013
Colombo, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Sri Lankan Communities: The Cost of Distrust and Social Harmony

Today in the contemporary society there is a cost for everything, from the air that we breathe to the burial of the dead. But we never question the money’s worth for what…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 05/15/2012
Identity, Kurunegala, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Religion and faith

Dambulla Mosque Attack: A Litmus Test of a Nation in Transition from Chauvinism to Civility

This is in response to the comments to my previous post – Dambulla Mosque Attack: Is there a hidden hand? At the time of writing this, there were nearly 50 comments displaying…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 05/03/2012
Identity, Kurunegala, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Dambulla Mosque attack: Is there a hidden hand?

Image courtesy BBC The storming of the Dambulla Mosque on Friday the 20th April and chasing away of the Muslim worshippers attending Friday prayers by a mob led by Buddhist priests is…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 04/24/201204/23/2012
Colombo, Development, Environment, Peace and Conflict

Climate Change, Food Security & Virtual Water an Asymmetric Threat to Sri Lanka

Image courtesy Mercy Corps Today, in an integrated and inter-dependent world, Sri Lanka does not have the leverage to reverse climate change but mitigate and adapt. Climate change is caused mostly by…

Riza Yehiya Riza Yehiya on 02/10/201202/10/2012

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