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    Tagged: buddhist

    Lead Story News Religion Travel & Tourism

    Tourist gets 3 months for ‘disturbing’ Buddhist sermon

    Dutch tourist Klaas Haijtema is sentenced to three months in a Burmese prison for violating the country’s strict religious laws.

    Lead Story Mandalay Division News Religion

    Dutchman faces 2 years for insulting Buddhism

    Klaas Haijtema, 30, is alleged to have walked into a dharma hall during chanting, with his shoes on. He then pulled out the plug connected to the speaker.

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    Human Interest Lead Story News

    Long black hair and Buddhist blessings

    A Rangoon monk initiated a project requesting donations of long hair which could then be made into wigs and hair extensions.

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    Communal Violence Lead Story News

    Mosque destroyed in central Burma

    A group of men from a village in central Burma destroyed a mosque in the first serious outburst of inter-religious violence in months.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    War of lexicon in Arakan State

    The Arakan National Party has condemned the Burmese government’s suggestion that the ethnic Rohingya be referred to as the “Muslim community in Arakan State”.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Questions surround Rohingya census in Bangladesh

    The count could bring much-needed security to undocumented refugees, but key questions regarding the methodology and goals of the process remain unanswered.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Burma watchful on terror says Home Affairs deputy

    Police remain on high-alert to the possible presence in Burma of terror networks such as the Islamic State, believed to be active elsewhere in Asia.

    Analysis Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya

    Suu Kyi govt must not continue state persecution of Rohingya

    As the incoming head of state, the moral and political responsibility to end the slow genocide in Burma will fall squarely on Suu Kyi’s shoulders.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Pro-nationalist sentiment dismissed on election day

    The NLD’s landslide victory over the USDP is seen to many as a dismissal of the anti-Mulism rhetoric that was employed by Ma-Ba-Tha during the election.

    2015 Elections Arakan Lead Story News Politics

    Arakan nationalist concedes loss

    The Arakan National Party chairman has conceded defeat to his National League for Democracy rival counterpart.

    Burma’s Muslims seek rights, security in upcoming polls video

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Video

    Burma’s Muslims seek rights, security in upcoming polls

    Muslim candidates have been disproportionately disqualified from running in the 8 November election in a selection process that “lacked credibility”, according to American election monitors the Carter Center.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Alleged racist attacks put Mon capital on edge

    Community leaders in Mon State fear a spate of recent attacks are racially motivated and attempts to foment inter-communal tensions here in the run up to Burma’s 8 November polls.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    2010-2015: A snapshot of Burma

    Recent events in the last five years will all impact the general election in November, as Burma goes to the polls amidst conflict and religious tension.

    2015 Elections Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    United States ‘deeply concerned’ over treatment of Rohingya

    The US will not turn a blind eye to shortcomings in Burma’s election next month, the top US diplomat for Asia said on Wednesday.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    Quell religious tension ahead of vote: US

    The United States said on Tuesday that the use of religion in politics violated Burma’s constitution, calling on the government to de-escalate religious tensions running high ahead of next month’s election.

    2015 Elections Arakan Lead Story News

    ‘No Muslim City’ police warn Suu Kyi’s security guards

    NLD leader takes campaign tour to Arakan, but her security detail is stopped and accused of being Muslims.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Eid celebrations hushed in the face of anti-Islamic sentiment

    “We are aware that there are people who disagree with our religion so we try to do it discreetly in order not to disturb them or give rise to criticism,” said Al Haji Aye Lwin.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Ma-Ba-Tha take aim at halal businesses

    Ma-Ba-Tha are continuing their campaign against Muslim business owners, forcing many Halal slaughterhouses to close amid organised raids and boycotts.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Religion Rohingya

    Burma rejects embassies’ election concerns

    Government rejects foreign powers’ criticisms, saying the country has addressed religious concerns and that the election process is largely harmonious.

    Lead Story News Parliament Politics Religion

    Monogamy Bill sails through Lower House

    Burma’s Monogamy Act was passed in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, the third bill in the controversial ‘race and religion protection’ package.

    Aid Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN urges more support for Rohingyas, but state media suggests they are overfed

    Burmese govt press cite sources claiming that relief supplies are ‘abundant’ in the camps.

    Mandalay’s heart of gold video

    Culture Lead Story News Video

    Mandalay’s heart of gold

    Mandalay is Burma’s cultural heart. The city’s soul can still be found in its artisan workshops, where its short—but rich— history is preserved…in gold.

    Rootless Rohingya question Bangladesh resettlement video

    Lead Story News Rohingya Video

    Rootless Rohingya question Bangladesh resettlement

    Deep in southern Bangladesh in a sweltering camp of mud houses where Rohingya Muslims from Burma are sheltered, there is fear rising that they have to move again, 22 years after they crossed the river or sped through the forests.

    Htin Linn Ooo, pictured on his way to trial in 2015. (PHOTO: DVB)

    Human Rights Lead Story News Religion

    Htin Lin Oo sentenced to two years with labour

    The former NLD member has been convicted for defaming religion after criticising the nationalist policies of the Ma-Ba-Tha in October last year.

    DVB Debate: How will non-citizens survive without white cards? video

    DVB Debate Lead Story News Video

    DVB Debate: How will non-citizens survive without white cards?

    In this week’s episode of DVB Debate, the panel questions the government’s motives for annulling white cards, and ponders what is next for former holders within the persecuted Rohingya minority.

    VIDEO: Rohingya mother-to-be speaks of horror at sea video

    Features Lead Story News Rohingya Video

    VIDEO: Rohingya mother-to-be speaks of horror at sea

    Rohingya migrants at an IDP camp in Burma speak of their failed attempt to flee the country to escape poverty and persecution.

    Wirathu leads Mandalay ‘peace march’ video

    Lead Story News Politics Video

    Wirathu leads Mandalay ‘peace march’

    Wirathu, a Buddhist monk notorious for anti-Muslim hate speech, led a crowd of protesters in Mandalay on Wednesday.

    Magwe monks march in support of race protection laws video

    Law Lead Story News Religion

    Magwe monks march in support of race protection laws

    Buddhist nationalists in Magwe division have become the latest to march in support of the controversial Interfaith Marriage Law.

    Four men found guilty of Mandalay murder video

    Crime Lead Story News Video

    Four men found guilty of Mandalay murder

    Four men were sentenced to ten years in prison with hard labour on Tuesday for the killing of a Muslim man during communal violence in Mandalay in early July.

    Mahasantisukha monks lodge high court appeal video

    Lead Story News Religion

    Mahasantisukha monks lodge high court appeal

    Ashin Uttara, a British monk arrested and disrobed in June, lodged an appeal at Rangoon High Court on Monday alongside four fellow clerics.

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