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Rohingya Muslims gather on the street while Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation, visits Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe on August 13, 2013. (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)

Buddhists torch Muslim homes in Myanmar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2013 | World

Yangon, Myanmar, AP—Fresh sectarian violence broke out in northwestern Myanmar late Saturday when Buddhist mobs burned down dozens of homes and shops following rumors that a young woman had been sexually assaulted by a Muslim man. There were no reports of injuries....

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In this May 25, 2013 photo, debris is scattered among the ruins of the Himayathul Islamic Boarding School in the Mingalar Zayone neighborhood of Meikhtila, Myanmar. Source: AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe

Myanmar jails Buddhists in Islamic school massacre

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 11, 2013 | World

Yangon, AP—A Myanmar court sentenced seven Buddhists to between three and 15 years in jail for their roles in a massacre at an Islamic boarding school that left dozens of students and teachers dead, while a Muslim convicted in one related killing received a life...

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A police officer stands near a mosque which was burnt during a riot between Buddhist and Muslims in Lashio township May 29, 2013. Source: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes for second day in Myanmar; one dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2013 | World

Lashio, Reuters—Buddhist mobs armed with sticks and machetes burned Muslim homes on Wednesday for a second day in the northern Myanmar city of Lashio, contradicting claims in state media that soldiers and police had restored calm. A Reuters reporter saw scores of...

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A phalanx of Indonesian police (foreground) block members of an Islamic hardline group belonging to the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) from marching in front of the Myanmar embassy during a rally in Jakarta on May 3, 2013. (AFP Photo)

Muslims in Myanmar Barricade Village as Attacks Spread

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 3, 2013 | World

(Reuters) – Three Muslim men peered over a bamboo fence built recently to fortify their village in central Myanmar. They gazed across dry rice paddies towards a nearby Buddhist community, looking for rising dust, a sign of an approaching mob. It was a false...