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    26 Search results for ""State Sangha""

    Lead Story News Religion

    Buddhist nationalist group attacks critics as ‘lowly people,’ vows to fight back

    The Buddhist nationalist group formerly known as Ma Ba Tha once again struck a defiant tone this week, releasing a statement proclaiming: “No matter which names the association has adopted, no changes will be made in terms of the standpoint of the association.”

    Lead Story News Religion

    USDP demands govt address Ma Ba Tha’s concerns

    “Whether the Ma Ba Tha continues or ceases to exist depends entirely on the policies of the NLD government,” said Nandar Hla Myint.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Karen chapter of Ma Ba Tha defies order to change name

    The statement comes after a 23 May order by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee for the group to cease using the Ma Ba Tha name and banner.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Ma Ba Tha rebranding, political decoupling do little to soothe critics

    Advocates of interfaith harmony say a renaming of the hardline Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha, and plans to formally inject its ideology into Burma’s political sphere, will do little to staunch — and may even exacerbate — the underlying religious intolerance that the organisation has been accused of fomenting.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Ma Ba Tha dealt potentially crippling blow by highest Buddhist authority

    The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee has announced a mid-July deadline that, if enforced, would effectively put an end to the public profile of the Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Petitions against Wirathu to be lodged with Sangha

    “If the Sangha do not respond to us, we will cast the petition across the whole of Rangoon. And if that doesn’t work, we’ll take our campaign to Mandalay and other areas.”

    Lead Story News Religion

    Monks’ censure deepens Ma Ba Tha’s isolation

    Mainstream Buddhist clerics are among the growing chorus of voices speaking out against the divisive activities of Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Religious affairs minister urges measures to rein in hate

    Religious Affairs Minister Thura Aung Ko criticised monks for “wasting time” on social media, calling it “a platform for the ignition of religious and racial tensions”.

    Lead Story News Rangoon Religion

    Monks vent fury after minister’s ‘We don’t need Ma-Ba-Tha’ comment

    The storm centers on a statement Chief Minister of Rangoon made to exiled Burmese while in Singapore recently.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Mahasantisukha monks acquitted of defamation

    Five Buddhist monks were acquitted of a religious defamation charge on Thursday in the latest hearing in the high-profile Mahasantisukha Monastery case.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Censored Burmese monk addresses Tokyo crowd

    A prominent Buddhist monk banned from holding public sermons in Burma has led religious talks in Japan.

    Lead Story News Protest Religion

    Monks decry govt lies over Letpadan

    Government accounts of promises and apologies are false, say monks who were detained following Leptadan fracas.

    Sedition charge brought against former religious affairs minister video

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    Sedition charge brought against former religious affairs minister

    Deposed religious affairs minister Hsan Hsint has had a sedition charge added to legal proceedings filed against him by the government.

    Sacked religious affairs minister swears he is innocent video

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    Sacked religious affairs minister swears he is innocent

    Deposed Religious Affairs Minister Hsan Hsint appeared in court on Thursday to face a hearing for his forthcoming trial following charges for misappropriation of state funds.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Civil society leaders released from Insein

    Nay Myo Zin and Win Cho were released from Insein Prison on Tuesday, having spent 84 days locked up for organising an unauthorised demonstration in downtown Rangoon.

    Lead Story News Politics Religion

    Religious Affairs Minister stripped of title and charged

    Religious Affairs Minister Hsan Hsint was removed from his position due to his “mishandling” of the Mahasantisukha Monastery raid and also faces charges.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Mahasantisukha monks released on bail

    Five disrobed monks from Rangoon’s Mahasantisukha Monastery have been released on 20 million kyat bail each from Tamwe Township Court on Friday afternoon after facing a hearing on charges of defaming religion.

    Law Lead Story News Religion

    Uttara, Mahasantisukha monks have their day in court

    Uttara, a Burma-born UK passport holder, along with four other monks – Paññāsara, Neindira, Tazeina and Sondrasiri – are taken to court charged with religious offences.

    Lead Story News Politics Rangoon Religion

    De-robed monks await trial after monastery raid

    Five monks detained during a Tuesday night raid on the Mahasantisukha Monastery were de-robed and brought to court on Friday, according an officer at the Tamwe police station.

    Mahasantisukha monks, supporters will be charged, say religious dept officials video

    Lead Story News Property Religion Video

    Mahasantisukha monks, supporters will be charged, say religious dept officials

    Monks and staff residing at the Mahasantisukha Monastery are accused of violating religious property law and will face charges, the Ministry of Religious Affairs warned in a press conference on Wednesday.

    Mahasantisukha Monastery raided in Rangoon video

    Lead Story News Politics Rangoon Religion

    Mahasantisukha Monastery raided in Rangoon

    Rangoon’s Mahasantisukha Monastery is raided by Religious Affairs officials and riot police. The monastery is at the heart of a land dispute between the clergy and a renowned dissident abbot.

    Analysis Contributor Lead Story

    The link between gender and racial inequality in Burma

    Proposed interfaith marriage laws reveal the link between ethnic sectarianism and gender inequality in Burma, writes Dr Nyo Tun.

    Religious leaders sign ‘peace agreement’ video

    Culture Ethnic issues Lead Story Video

    Religious leaders sign ‘peace agreement’

    Religious leaders pledge to cooperate with each other to stop communal violence.

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    Fortune-tellers jailed for sexual assault

    Sep 9, 2008 (DVB), Two travelling fortune-tellers have been jailed for seven years by a court in Salin, Magwe Division, without having access to lawyers, for allegedly sexually assaulting a[…]

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    Directive orders monks to avoid political activity

    Sep 5, 2008 (DVB), A directive has been sent by the state Sangha Maha Nayaka committee to monasteries and lecturing colleges in Chauk, Magwe division, ordering monks not to take[…]

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    Activists stress need for free access for rights envoy

    Aug 5, 2008 (DVB), Rights activists have stressed the need for the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma to be given the freedom to work independently during[…]

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