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    Mosque destroyed in central Burma
    June 24, 2016in Communal Violence, Lead Story, News374by REUTERS & DVB
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    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.

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    Followers of renegade monk erect stupa next to a mosque in Karen State
    April 27, 2016in Lead Story, News184by DVB
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    Followers of renegade monk erect stupa next to a mosque in Karen State

    The move was seen as the latest provocation by Thuzana, a controversial monk whose followers built a stupa on the grounds of a church last Saturday.

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    Burma, leading the way toward Buddhist extremism
    March 23, 2016in Lead Story, News, Opinion, Religion333by THE BANGKOK POST
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    Burma, leading the way toward Buddhist extremism

    The influence of Burma’s controversial Buddhist nationalist organisation Ma Ba Tha is being felt across the border in neighbouring Thailand.

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    Monogamy Bill misses the target
    December 11, 2015in Lead Story, News349by THIN LEI WIN
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    Monogamy Bill misses the target

    T’s husband ended their relationship with a simple text message, after leaving her for another woman. T turned to the Monogamy Bill for protection.

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    Pro-nationalist sentiment dismissed on election day
    November 19, 2015in Lead Story, News, Politics142by SWE WIN / MYANMAR NOW
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    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.

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    November 8, 2015in 2015 Elections, Lead Story, News, Politics311by REUTERS
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    VIDEO: Muslim citizens vote in hope

    Despite many being barred from casting a vote, and few Muslim candidates contesting seats in the election, Muslim voters in Rangoon said they were hopeful.

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