Rasika Rajabdi (right), with a neighbour in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. Photo: Sonia Sarkar
Rasika Rajabdi (right), with a neighbour in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. Photo: Sonia Sarkar
Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Muslims struggle to belong after civil war: ‘still outsiders’

  • Muslims are ‘not officially recognised’ as internally displaced and receive little government help to resettle after 26 years of civil war, activists say
  • Despite growing Muslim population, some fear reprisal by Tamils if they try to ‘reclaim’ their place in the country