Sri Lankan Muslims: Ethnic Indentity Within Cultural Diversity

19th century Abdul According Allah Ameen Ampara District Anagarika Dharmapala Arabi Pasha Arabic colleges Arabic script Arabic Tamil Asan Azeez Batticaloa Borahs British Buddhist Census Ceylon Moors Christian Coast Moors Colombo colonial context cultural dominated Eastern Muslims Eastern province established ethnic communities ethnic groups ethnic identity female Government hijab Hindu Ibid ideology India Islamist Jaffna Jamaat e Islami Kandy large number late 19th century leaders major male marker medium of education Memons Mohamed Mohammedan mosque mother tongue Muslim community Muslim elite Muslim girls Muslim identity Muslim Nesan Muslim schools Muslim students Muslim Tamil nationalist NEMT number of Muslim official language Pakistan period political Qur'an Ramanathan religion religious revivalist riots Sharia Siddi Lebbe Sinhala Sinhala and Tamil Sinhala medium Sinhalese SLMT social South Southern Muslims speak Tamil Sri Lankan Muslims Sri Lankan Tamil Tabligh Jamaat Tamil language Tamil speaking Tamilnadu term trade traditional ulama village words