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Third World Quarterly ISSN: 0143-6597 (Print) 1360-2241 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ctwq20 Countering Buddhist radicalisation: emerging peace movements in Myanmar and Sri Lanka Camilla Orjuela To cite this article: Camilla Orjuela (2020) Countering Buddhist radicalisation: emerging peace movements in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, Third World Quarterly, 41:1, 133-150, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1660631 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1660631 © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Published online: 19 Sep 2019. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 6666 View related articles View Crossmark data Citing articles: 2 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ctwq20

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Countering Buddhist radicalisation emerging peace movements in Myanmar and Sri Lanka

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Rohingya Crisis

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Camilla Orjuela

Date Published: Sep 19, 2019

Abstract: Violence and hate speech endorsed by Buddhist monks against Muslim minorities in South and Southeast Asia have attracted global attention in recent years, and been the focus for a growing academic scholarship. This article turns the attention to peace activists, religious – including Buddhist – leaders and other civil society actors seeking to counter anti-Muslim agitation in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Drawing on theories about social movements and countermovements, it analyses the diverse counter-forces, their activities and the obstacles they face. Doing so, the article contributes to an understanding of peacebuilding in religiously framed conflicts, and of the conditions for peace movements in an age of radicalisation and online activism. Based on interviews with civil society representatives and religious leaders, complemented with secondary sources, the study finds that although the peace movements are weaker and largely reactive to and restrained by the radical Buddhist nationalist movements, they constitute important counter-voices. The article also argues that the struggle between hate speech and counter speech in social media constitutes an important part of the movement– countermovement dynamics. Finally, the article suggests that theories on opposing movements can usefully be developed to enhance our understanding of mobilisation in different arenas in conflict-affected societies.

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