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    Ye Htut on Wirathu, Buddhist nationalism and religious freedom in Burma

    Following the publication of the July issue of Time that features notorious nationalist monk Wirathu on the cover along with the headline: ‘The Face of Buddhist terror”, Burma’s government says the magazine is undermining the religion in the eyes of the international community.  During an interview with Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut, DVB’s Nay Thwin …

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    US accuses junta of abusing religious freedom

    Oct 27, 2009 (DVB), Burma's military government "frequently" abuses the right to religious freedom for the country's myriad ethnic and religious groups, an annual US government report states. The regime actively promotes Theravada Buddhism while Christian and Islamic groups "continued to struggle to obtain permission to repair existing places of worship or build new ones", …

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    Year after madrassas shuttered, street prayer organisers face Ramadan in jail

    The closure of the Islamic schools and subsequent imprisonment of Muslims involved in their operation has been described as “clear religious discrimination, and blatant violation of freedom of religion” by one human rights advocate.

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    Pope arrives in Burma

    Tens of thousands of Catholics are expected to throng Yangon on Wednesday when Pope Francis will conduct Mass at Kyite Ka San Stadium.

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    Christian Conference of Asia opens in Rangoon amid fraught inter-religious times

    With Pope Francis due to visit Burma and Bangladesh next month, a Christian leader from the latter has said he is expecting the Catholic pontiff to urge leaders of the two countries, and the world, to view both Buddhists and Muslims simply as human beings.

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    Freedoms denied: Burma’s Christians fight for religious rights under NLD

    Christians around Burma say they are no better off under the democratically elected government headed by Aung San Suu Kyi, despite promises made in the lead-up to the historic 2015 general election to protect the nation’s’ four major faiths.

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