Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern Province of Sri Lanka
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The expulsion of the Muslims from the Northern province was an act of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Tamil militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organization in October 1990. Yogi, the LTTE's political spokesman, stated that this expulsion was carried out in retaliation for atrocities committed against Tamils in the Eastern Province by Muslims, who were seen by the LTTE as collaborators with the Sri Lankan Army . As a consequence, in October 1990, the LTTE forcibly expelled 72,000 strong Muslim population from the Northern Province.1
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In order to achieve their goal of creating a mono ethnic Tamil state in the North Sri Lanka , the LTTE forcibly expelled the 75,000 strong Muslim population from the Northern Province.
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The expulsion of the Muslims from the Northern province was an act of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Tamil militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organization in October 1990.Due to increasing tensions between different Tamil religious groups in the North Sri Lanka , the LTTE forcibly expelled the 72,000 strong Muslim population from the Northern Province.
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The expulsion of the Muslims from the Northern province was an act of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Tamil militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organisation in October 1990. Due to increasing tensions between the Muslims (Moors) and Tamils in the North Sri Lanka and the Muslim opposition to the creation of a Tamil homeland , the LTTE forcibly expelled the 72,000 strong Muslim population from the Northern Province.
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Event in October 1990 The Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern Province of Sri Lanka was the forcible displacement of 72,000 Sri Lankan Muslims from the Northern Province carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in October 1990, during the Sri Lankan Civil War .Some observers describe this as an act of " ethnic cleansing ".The LTTE stated that this expulsion was carried out in retaliation for Muslim participation in atrocities committed against Tamils in the Eastern Province .
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act of ethnic cleansing carried out by the tamil militant liberation tigers of tamil eelam
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forcible displacement of 72
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