Tamil place names are being replaced to erase minority territorial claims

Evidence

There is no independent confirmation of these reports, but the HercegBosna authorities have not denied them. There is also a report that the Herceg-Bosna authorities wish to change the name of Pocitelj to Komugin, again following the example of Serb nationalists who changed the name of Foca to Srbinje. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 607 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

When the city of Foca was purged of its Muslim population and all traces of their existence had been dynamited and bulldozed, the name of the city was changed to Srbinje (Serb Place). More generally, the term Srbinje has been shouted at Muslims during killings and expulsions throughout Bosnia (“Serb Place!” “Serb Place!”). — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 228 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Name erasure of Muslim landmarks followed Serb precedent — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and…, 607; Renaming a city erased Muslim history and became a shouted epithet during killings — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and…, 228; Erasing a group’s past erases its claim on the nation-state (+2 more)

Related

• Name erasure of Muslim landmarks followed Serb precedent (similarity 0.92)
• Renaming a city erased Muslim history and became a shouted epithet during killings (similarity 0.89)

Broader Connections

• Erasing a group’s past erases its claim on the nation-state #expands (0.90)
• Name erasure of Muslim landmarks followed Serb precedent #corroborates (0.85) — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 607
• Renaming a city erased Muslim history and became a shouted epithet during killings #exemplifies (0.78) — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 228