by Vihanga Perera      11 February 2021 Since March 2020, as the Covid 19 pandemic became widespread in Sri Lanka, the state imposed a prohibition over the burial of mortal remains that had been deemed Covid-infected. As a result, the country’s 9% Muslim community was situationally compelled to give consent to the cremation of … Continue reading Muslims under Fire: Sri Lanka’s Covid19 ‘Forced Cremations’ and Institutionalization of Anti-Muslim Populism