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Islam-hatred

How Myanmar’s government is making Buddhist violence toward Muslims worse

Juan Cole 05/09/2014

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How Myanmar’s government is making violence between Muslims and Buddhists worse (via GlobalPost)

MEIKHTILA, Myanmar — “For three days,” Khine recalls, “our town was hell.” As the 32-year-old waitress tells it, the nightmare began with masked men waving Buddhist banners. Then came vigilantes, with torches and blades, butchering families…



 

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Filed Under: Islam-hatred, Islamophobia, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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