期刊名称：International Institute for Asian Studies Annual Report
出版年度：2003
期号：30
出版社：International Institute for Asian Studies
摘要：Religious violence, also called communal violence, is often described as a ritual or a ‘pact of violence between social groups’ that keeps the community boundaries in place. At times the ritual turns from symbolism into organized pogrom. This is sometimes explained, for example by the police agencies, as the work of ‘local criminal elements’, or as the effects of deep religious passions and sentiments. These explanations not only provide convenient excuses, but also imply that religious violence be accepted as an inevitable feature of the South Asian social fabric.
