Tag: Burma

Buddhism and State Power in Myanmar

Buddhism and State Power in Myanmar belacqui-pro-quo: In Myanmar’s new, more democratic era, the debate over the proper place of Buddhism, and the role of political leadership in protecting it, is being recast. Given the deep, mutually legitimising historical relationship between the state and the clergy, this debate, which is unlikely to end soon, cannot…

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90,000 Rohingya flee violence in Myanmar

90,000 Rohingya flee violence in Myanmar Human rights monitors and Rohingya fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh say the Myanmar army is trying to force the Rohingya out with a campaign of arson and killings. Over the past five years, Rakhine has been divided along ethnic and religious lines, but the current violence is the worst yet.…

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