Rohingya Blogger: Arakan Rohingya Union Condemns the Buddhist Hate Speech, and Violence and Senseless Killings of Muslims in Mandalay, Myanmar

8.7.14

Rohingya Blogger: Arakan Rohingya Union Condemns the Buddhist Hate Speech, and Violence and Senseless Killings of Muslims in Mandalay, Myanmar: The preplanned attacks on Muslims in Mandalay followed the pattern of violence elsewhere in the country in the past. The radical Buddhist Monk Wirathu, based in Mandalay, reportedly vowed in his sermon to mark the beginning of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan with “a message for the Muslims”. Precisely, as the Ramadan begins, the spread of the rumor through social media that “A Buddhist woman was raped by a Muslim shopkeeper; Muslims are armed to teeth to wage Jihad against Buddhists…” was circulated. Devising allegation of “rape”, hate speech, and inflammatory messages through social media are the major tools used by Buddhist extremists to trigger violence against Muslims in Myanmar.

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