Archive for April, 2017

In Myanmar – Islamic religious schools sealed off by Extremists in police sight

In Myanmar – Islamic religious schools sealed off by Extremists in police sight

Myanmar News April 28, 2017 at 4:30 pm 0 comments

Share28th, April 2017 M-Media – At least two Islamic religious schools were sealed off by Buddhist nationalist extremists in Tharkayta Township of commercial capital Yangon following a week-long anti-Muslim rhetoric concerning holding services in these places. Since this afternoon, hundreds of nationalists including Buddhists monks gathered at Anarwmar Quarter, where decades-longRead More

Myanmar Authorities to Muslims – We have no power to halt Nationalists

Myanmar Authorities to Muslims – We have no power to halt Nationalists

Myanmar News April 21, 2017 at 4:17 pm 0 comments

Share21st, April 2017 M-Media – Administrative officials from Tharkayta Township of commercial capital Yangon urged Muslims to stop holding services in Islamic religious schools warning that they have no power to stop nationalists if something happens, local weekly news journal Friday Times reports on their Facebook page. In recent days, someRead More

In Myanmar, some Buddhist monks behave like gang stars against Muslims

In Myanmar, some Buddhist monks behave like gang stars against Muslims

News April 17, 2017 at 2:46 pm 0 comments

Share17th April 2017 M-Media Aung Thu Ra – Today is a New Year’s Day of  Myanmar calendar. Most of the Myanmar people welcome the New Year doing good deeds. But some extremist Buddhist monks behave like gang stars. A group called themselves as Union of Nationalist Monks seized properties of MuslimRead More