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    112 Search results for "Buddhism"

    Lead Story Mandalay Division News Religion

    Dutchman faces 2 years for insulting Buddhism

    Klaas Haijtema, 30, is alleged to have walked into a dharma hall during chanting, with his shoes on. He then pulled out the plug connected to the speaker.

    Interview Lead Story News Religion Rohingya

    Wirathu: ‘Delightfully proud’ to have defended Buddhism

    Following a week in which Wirathu has been roundly criticised for a foul-mouthed tirade against a UN envoy, DVB interviews him exclusively and asks him if he regrets it.

    Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Religion

    Blasphemy and offence in Burmese Buddhism

    Those taking offence might also be prompted to reflect on the centrality of the idea of non-attachment and understand that their resentment is a hindrance upon the Buddhist path.

    Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Religion

    The roots of intolerance and prejudice in Buddhism

    Many believe that Buddhism has a pure history in which misdemeanors, carnage, war and hostility has been committed by everyone — except the Buddhist. This is why the recent violence in Sri Lanka and Burma elicits such shock.

    Contributor Lead Story News Society

    Ethnocentric Buddhism: A new theme in Burmese Buddhism

    The term ‘ethnocentric Buddhism’ points to the notion that Buddhist identity is intrinsically linked to national identity, says scholar Dr Paul Fuller.

    News Politics

    Rangoon police arrest Bangladeshi nationals for ‘defaming’ Buddhism

    Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested and hit with charges for defaming the Buddhist religion in Rangoon on Tuesday after they were caught disguising themselves as monks

    News Briefing

    04:00 PM, 23 February 2021 News Briefing

    In Myitkyina, Kachin state, a 5-year-old child was injured in his head after being hit with a slingshot fired from a military vehicle at around 8 pm last night while[…]

    Lead Story News Religion

    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.

    Analysis Contributor Lead Story Politics

    How the NLD keeps its lawmakers under control

    Renaud Egreteau argues that potential dissidents within the National League for Democracy are unlikely to gain influence in the near term.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Scandal-hit Thai temple helps to stage mass Buddhist event in Mandalay

    Thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in Mandalay on Sunday for an event partly organised by a scandal-hit Thai temple whose abbot is wanted for questioning on money-laundering allegations.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Election commission rejects nationalist political party’s registration bid

    The Union Election Commission rejects a proposal by Burmese nationalists seeking to establish a political party with an explicit goal of furthering their agenda, with the electoral gatekeeper saying its decision was made based on the country’s Political Parties Registration Law.

    Lead Story Mandalay Division News Religion

    NLD probing controversy over Mandalay interfaith event’s seating

    Following criticism from nationalists, the NLD has launched an inquiry into controversy surrounding an interfaith prayer event in Mandalay Region, where Buddhist novices were pictured sitting on the floor while leaders of other faiths were afforded chairs.

    Feature Lead Story News

    Chin State, marked by change, looks to hold on to its roots

    “At the age of 10, I got my tattoos,” says Ma Lha Sen.

    Arakan Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    In a first, Arakan crisis unites NLD, army and public

    If there’s one thing that unites Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the army that once tried to crush her, and the majority of people in mostly Buddhist Burma, it is their vehement dislike of Rohingya Muslims, seen as a threat to national security.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Election commission probes new nationalist party

    Maung Thway Chon, the would-be chairman of the PUP, said, “Our policy is anti-Bengali and to lead in the development of Buddhism.”

    Lead Story News Protest Religion

    Govt prepares to tackle Buddhist extremists

    A spokesperson for the religious affairs ministry said that local and township chapters of the Sangha Maha Nayaka have been instructed to stop the protests.

    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 Media News

    Support rallied for Myanmar Now journalist in defamation row

    Supporters have rallied behind embattled journalist Swe Win after a defamation complaint was filed against him on behalf of extremist monk Wirathu.

    International Relations Lead Story News Religion

    Buddhists in Burma decry Thai govt’s temple crackdown

    Around 100 Buddhist monks and nationalists in Burma staged a protest against Thailand on Friday, denouncing the government of the neighbouring country for its actions against a temple that has defied orders to hand over a wanted monk.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Thai police call off raid on scandal-hit Buddhist temple

    Thai police on Tuesday called off a raid to arrest a prominent Buddhist monk wanted for suspected money laundering after devotees barricaded entrances to his sprawling temple complex in a Bangkok suburb.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Religion

    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.

    Ethnic issues Interview Lead Story News Women's Issues

    Interview: ‘Women are not complaining or sitting idly’

    Chin human rights activist Cheery Zahau speaks to DVB about what is needed to empower women in the workforce.

    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”.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    New Ma-Ba-Tha school teaches children to ‘protect race and religion’

    The nationalist monks opened a Rangoon school that teaches students how to become ‘decent citizens’ who protect Burma’s majority race and Buddhist religion.

    Lead Story News Sport

    English football champs visit Shwedagon

    Hundreds of football-mad Burmese fans were able to catch a glimpse of this year’s Premier League champions during a brief stopover in Rangoon that included a visit to the city’s famed Shwedagon Pagoda.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Aung Ko: A ‘traitor’ to his party, but loyal to his country

    A member of the rival USDP, Thura Aung Ko is an unlikely NLD ally, but as a minister in the newly formed cabinet, he vows to put country before party.

    Lead Story News Opinion Religion

    Burma, leading the way toward Buddhist extremism

    The influence of Burma’s controversial Buddhist nationalist organisation Ma Ba Tha is being felt across the border in neighbouring Thailand.

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    OPINION: Burma has failed women – that’s why the Monogamy Law is popular

    Patriarchal attitudes, bureaucratic indifference, and little support from society leave women feeling powerless.

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