The monks’ party pursues parallel ethno-religious and war policies.

Evidence

The JHU has called for a ban on cattle slaughter, encouraged the government to work with the Karuna faction that broke away from the LTTE, crafted legislation to prohibit Sri Lankans from converting to Christianity, proposed that the government close down garment factories that employ thousands of mostly young rural Sinhalese women, sought to justify Sinhalese Buddhist civilians taking the law into their hands if the government fails to protect them against the LTTE, encouraged the government to arm thousands more Sinhalese home guards so they could protect border villages from the LTTE, demanded that the Norwegians be removed as peace facilitators, sought the de-merger of the Northern Province from the Eastern Province, and insisted on a military solution to the civil war. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 173

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ethnonational parties can simultaneously outbid rivals and modernize — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 24; Political Buddhism elevates ethnonationalist politics above Buddhist doctrinal values — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 51; A pacifist religion has been harnessed to an ethnocentric state ideology. (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• A pacifist religion has been harnessed to an ethnocentric state ideology. #expands (0.85)
• Ethnonational parties can simultaneously outbid rivals and modernize #corroborates (0.80) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 24
• Political Buddhism elevates ethnonationalist politics above Buddhist doctrinal values #corroborates (0.78) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 51