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Why are Buddhist monks of Burma killing Muslims?

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Even by the standards of Burma's Rakhine State, which has seen its share of tragedy, the violence of the past two weeks has been staggering. Militants from the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority stormed police posts on August 25. read more

Buddhist monks of Burma are not killing Muslims. You're confusing ethnicity and religion (possibly deliberately). There are some Buddhist Theravada monks of the ethnic Burmese majority (who are mostly Buddhist) who are inciting violence against an ethnic minority who are mostly Muslim. read more

Led by monks, members of the Bodu Bala Sena - the Buddhist Brigade - hold rallies, call for direct action and the boycotting of Muslim businesses, and rail against the size of Muslim families. While no Muslims have been killed in Sri Lanka, the Burmese situation is far more serious. read more

In March, Buddhist religious authorities slapped Ma Ba Tha’s Wirathu with a one-year preaching ban after he thanked the men who killed a high-profile Muslim legal adviser in Yangon and after he told Buddhist women it would be better to marry dogs than Muslims. read more

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