Source: Dawn.Com YANGON, Myanmar: Fresh sectarian violence broke out in northwestern Myanmar late Saturday when Buddhist mobs burned down dozens of homes and shops following rumors that a young woman had been sexually assaulted by a Muslim man. There were no reports of injuries. Myanmar’s radical monk Wirathu, whose anti-Muslim […]
This opinion piece argues that the current violence between Asian Muslims and Buddhists is not religiously motivated — i.e., the true causes are land disputes and aggressive nationalism. What to do then? Well, at a minimum the area’s governments might want to apply the rule of law equitably and ensure […]
Huff Post: by Todd Pitman. MEIKHTILA, Myanmar — Their bones are scattered in blackened patches of earth across a hillside overlooking the wrecked Islamic boarding school they once called home. Smashed fragments of skulls rest atop the dirt. A shattered jaw cradles half a set of teeth. And among the […]
Source: Washington Post. By AP YANGON, Myanmar — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay over decisions by authorities in western Myanmar to restore a two-child limit on a Muslim minority group, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and follows accusations of “ethnic cleansing.” […]
Muslims in a province of Burma have been ordered not to have more than two children in an attempt by the government to stop Buddhist attacks on Muslims. State officials said the two-child limit in the state of Rakhine would ease tensions between Buddhists and their Muslim Rohingya neighbours. Local […]
Source: Spiegel.de Although Burma is shrugging off the burden of five decades of military dictatorship, its transition to democracy is still far from complete. Reform remains precarious, and ethnic violence […]
Courtesy: The Economist Myanmar’s Muslims Kicked in the teeth May 3rd 2013, 12:17 by R.C. | PENANG <:aside sizset=”91″ sizcache=”4″> I AM in Malaysia for the election on May 5th, and up here in the north of the country quite a lot of the political to-and-fro is about […]
By Alan Strathern Oxford University BBC NEWS MAGAZINE Of all the moral precepts instilled in Buddhist monks the promise not to kill comes first, and the principle of non-violence is […]
By David Aaronovitch, April 21, 2013 The Holocaust, as we know, was not a sudden event and nor is it – as some well-meaning (mostly) religious people often suggest – incomprehensible. Its scale, its ambition was what was remarkable about it. How it came about is not amazing at all. […]
Source: Asia Times: By Matthew J Walton Recent violence in Myanmar between Buddhists and Muslims in the central town of Meikhtila (also spelt Meiktila) and areas beyond, which has left a reported 43 people dead, as many as 12,000 displaced, and more than 1,000 homes and building destroyed, has raised […]
A fire at a Muslim school in the Burmese city of Rangoon has killed 13 children, officials say. Police blamed an electrical fault for the blaze. Most of the children […]
Jeddah: Ibrahim Naffee Sunday 31 March 2013 The head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation announced yesterday that ministers from OIC states will meet on April 14 in Saudi Arabia to discuss violence against Muslims in Myanmar. Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said the organization was “ready to take all necessary measures […]
(Bangkok) – The Burmese government is systematically restricting humanitarian aid and imposing discriminatory policies on Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State. The government should permit unfettered access to humanitarian agencies to provide assistance to Muslim populations, end segregated areas, and put forward a plan for those displaced to return to their […]
Source: Asia Sentinel A troubling new movement spells disaster if left unchecked When Dr. Maung Zarni, an outspoken activist academic, labeled the ongoing anti-Rohingya and anti-Muslim movement in Burma as neo-Nazi, some Burmese said Zarni was exaggerating. Western commentators have also avoided the term. But Zarni has been proven right […]
Source: Asian Correspondent In November last year, a piece I wrote on the potential for the Arakan state violence to evolve into wider anti-Muslim conflict in other parts of Burma was met with accusations of sensationalism and a misreading of the root causes of the Arakan unrest. The piece had […]
Source: Channel News Asia YANGON: Religious leaders have called for calm in violence-hit central Myanmar and urged the government to step up security, state media said on Sunday. The outbreak of religious violence in the town of Meiktila has claimed at least 32 lives and displaced about 9,000 people, according […]
Source: CNN Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) — Buddhist monks and others armed with swords and machetes Friday stalked the streets of a city in central Myanmar, where sectarian violence that has left about 20 people dead has begun to spread to other areas, according to local officials. Members of the Buddhist […]
Source: World Bulletin World Bulletin / News Desk The Turkish Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV) started a project for the Rohingya Muslim students in order to cover their university expenses. A hundred students are to be supported at two universities, with which agreements have been concluded. TDV Deputy Director General Mustafa […]
Daily Times: HELSINKI: Finnish Nobel peace laureate Martti Ahtisaari said on Friday he believed Myanmar’s reformist government could win the Nobel Peace Prize, as Helsinki announced 6.5 million euros ($8.4 […]
contributed by Muhammad Zafir, Myanmar This festival is celebrated in my country Myanmar. This celebration is especially For Literature. International and Local Writer come to join this festival. Most of […]