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Baptists of Burma organize multiethnic diaspora rally in DC against coup in Myanmar
By Bob Smietana — April 9, 2021
(RNS) — Baptists and members of other ethnic Burmese churches will gather in DC in support of protests against the coup in Myanmar.
End the Buddhist terror in Myanmar now
By Hozan Alan Senauke — April 11, 2018
(RNS) — Today, ultranationalist Buddhist monks stand behind the military and urge them on, sometimes participating in the violence themselves.
In strife-torn Myanmar, love trumps hate for a Muslim-Buddhist couple
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 30, 2017
(AP)When a Buddhist widow married a Rohingya Muslim, her parents disowned her. The couple lives in fear in the shadow of violence.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi urges supporters not to let race, religion dominate upcoming election
By Reuters — October 17, 2015
Toungup, MYANMAR (Reuters) Hardline Buddhist monks and nationalists have branded Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy too sympathetic to Muslims and unwilling to protect Buddhism.
Concerned with violence against Muslims, Islamic organization visits Myanmar
By Richard S. Ehrlich — November 18, 2013
(RNS) At the end of a three-day tour, the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation told Buddhist-majority Myanmar to repeal "laws restricting fundamental freedoms" after more than 240 Muslims were killed by Buddhist mobs during the past year.
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