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Monk Arrested for Smuggling Rohingya in Buddhist Robes

Irrawaddy, Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Rangoon, Burma -- A Burmese monk has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle a group of Rohingya Muslims disguised in Buddhist robes from western Arakan State to Rangoon, Radio Free Asia reported on Monday.

Who can stem the tide of Buddhist supremacy in Myanmar?

by Myat Thu Pan, Mizzima, 1 April 2013

Yangon, Myanmar -- The recent communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims in central Myanmar seems to be a result of the conflict which took place in Rakhine State last year.

Fanatical Buddhist Monk Saydaw Wirathu Calling for Boycott of Myanmar Muslims

By Gianluca Mezzofiore, IB Times, March 26, 2013

Yangon, Myanmar -- Buddhist Monk Saydaw Wirathu, the self-styled "Burmese bin Laden", has called for a national boycott of Muslim businesses in Myanmar in a controversial video that emerged on YouTube.

Armed Buddhists, including monks, clash with Muslims in Myanmar

By Phyo Wai Lin. Jethro Mullen and Kocha Olarn, CNN, March 23, 2013

Yangon, Myanmar -- Buddhist monks and others armed with swords and machetes Friday stalked the streets of a city in central Myanmar, where sectarian violence that has left about 20 people dead has begun to spread to other areas, according to local officials.

Buddhist monks say words against the Letpadaungtaung final report

ElevenMyanmar.com, 14 March 2013

Yangon, Myanmar -- Buddhist monks injured in the violent crackdown at the Letpadaungtaung copper mine protest expressed their disagreement over an official report that suggested that the project to continue.

Buddhists Leaving Bangladesh Welcomed in West Burma

Bangladeshi Buddhist families resettle to Arakan state

Buddhist conference held in Yangon

Chinese copper mine triggers nationwide protests led by Buddhist clergy

Monks Stage Protest in Rangoon

Buddhists seek voice in strife-hit western Myanmar

Buddhist monks march in Myanmar to thwart Islamic office plan

Mass Myanmar monk rally backs anti-Rohingya plan

Myanmar to examine Muslim-Buddhist violence

Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Pleads For Ethnic Minority Rights

Myanmar is reminded of its ethnic realities

The Buddhist Revival in Burma

Buddhist festival celebrates a new freedom

Devotees celebrate Buddhism and hope at Myanmar shrine where festival was banned 20 years

His Holiness the Dalai Lama May Visit Holiest Buddhist Sites of Burma

Myanmar to hold grand religious function to mark 2600th anniversary Shwedagon Pagoda

Burmese Junta's Proxy Forms New Buddhist Organization

Remote Buddhist Villages Threatened by Rampant Robberies

Aung San Suu Kyi gives robes to monks, nuns in Buddhist rite

Buddhist missionary group launches border projects

More foreigners study Abhidhamma Buddhism in Myanmar

Group spreads Vipassana meditation

Landslides in southern Myanmar kill 3 Buddhist monks, damage monasteries

Earthquake damages Buddhist temples

Buddhist canon preserved on 9500 brass plates

Buddhists outraged by actor's photo

Thousands donate hair to fix pagoda road in remote Burma

Shoddy work blamed for Myanmar pagoda collapse

International Theravada Buddhist universities conference to be held in Myanmar

Shwepawkyun abbot prosecuted in assault case

Foreign Buddhist association funds delta housing project

U Gambira to serve total of 68 years in prison

Sri Lankan Buddhist coordinates delta construction project

Officials scratch off gold from Buddha statues

Pagodas ready for pilgrimage season

The Full Moon Day of Thadingyut or Lighting Festival of Burma

India, Asean discuss joint Buddhist pilgrimage tourism

Two ancient statues of Buddha found in Mandalay

Putting Compassion into Action

Statement by the All Burma Monks’ Alliance

Buddhist scriptures at risk of rain damage

Buddhist ceremony disrupted in Taunggok

Myanmar's Shwedagon Temple Damaged

Democratic Karen Buddhist Army denies taking monk’s body

Armed group steals monk's corpse

Serving the People

Boat capsize kills 10 in Myanmar

Association of monks in Burma urges holding protest day on Sept 11

Monks Take Officials Hostage for hours in Upper Burma Standoff

Buddhist monks release hostages

Myanmar soldiers fire shots in air to break up Buddhist monks' protest, exile media report

All that glitters is not gold in Myanmar's political landscape

Giant 'pilgrim fish' disappear from river by Myanmar pagoda

Rare Myanmar parties for Buddhist New Year

The orphan monks of Myanmar

`Blitzkrieg' rehab imperils Myanmar's ancient temples

Mandalay authority member sells liquor near Buddhist monasteries

From Ruins to Ruined

Buddhist Monastery Pressured to Sell after Gas Discovery

Buddhist monk killed by drunken youths during Thingyan festivity

Mahamuni Temple Trustees Face Detention after Army Wireless Set Missing

Authority Denies Renovation of Reclining Buddha

Burma offers Bangladeshi Buddhists to settle in northern Arakan

80-Family of New Buddhist Settlers Brought into Northern Arakan

Myanmar: Holy relic stolen

Quake shakes historic Myanmar temples

Burmese Buddhist nun detained for religious reasons

Chinese, Myanmar Buddhist masters stress promotion of friendship, world peace

Burmese authorities banned Buddhist monks from preaching

Buddhist monks detained and restricted by Burma junta

Regime using Buddhism for propaganda purposes, monks say

World Buddhist leaders stress propagation of Buddhism

World Buddhist summit wraps up in Myanmar

Essential unity among Buddhist leaders for peace - Burmese Buddhist Leader

World Buddhist conference opens in Myanmar despite boycott call

Interview with Abbot of Sitagu on the forthcoming ?World? Buddhist Summit in Burma

Burma junta to go ahead with ?World? Buddhist summit

Myanmar to issue new stamps to mark world Buddhist summit

Buddhist monks and Burma?s junta

World Buddhist Summit: appeals to boycott Myanmar?s military regime

Report on detained Buddhist Monks in Burma

Burma junta invites another Japanese Buddhist group for Buddhist conference

Japanese Buddhist sponsor boycotts Burma junta





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