The religious and ethnic passions of the Sinhalese were encouraged during the final, bloody push that ended Sri Lanka’s quarter-century of civil war with the Tamil Tigers in 2009. But instead of seeking reconciliation with the Tamils following their defeat, then-President Mahinda Rajapaksa continued to play on ethnic hatred as he subverted Sri Lanka’s democracy.
在斯里兰卡，僧伽罗沙文主义猛然回归公共生活，而其中心正是类似缅甸的政治局面。2009年，结束与泰米尔老虎组织二十五年内战的最后的流血行动点燃了僧伽罗人的宗教和种族热情。但时任总统拉贾帕克萨（Mahinda Rajapaksa）没有在失败后寻求与泰米尔人和解，而是继续用种族仇恨破坏斯里兰卡的民主。