Headless and in the middle  Sri Lanka’s Muslims facing
leadership vacuum By Dr. Ameer Ali  With the bloody demise of
the LTTE the Muslim community in Sri Lanka has reached political
crossroads.  In fact, even when the LTTE was at its summit of
military might and political clout the Muslim community
confronted two crucial questions: One, what would be the fate of
the community in the unlikely event of a divided Sri Lanka
between a Tamil Eelam, which would include one third of the
Muslims, and a Sinhala Lanka with the rest two-thirds? And two,
what would be the fate of the community's so called 'politics of
pragmatism' once the LTTE was wiped out?  The fact that there
was no serious public discussion or debate on these questions
between 1983, when the LTTE took to its armed struggle, and
2009, when it was militarily eliminated, demonstrates not only a
lack of foresight within the Muslim political leadership but
also the community's lackadaisical attitude towards national
issues little realising that the price o