Three people described what happened when their village was burned during the riots in Oakkan township on Tuesday.
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Oakkan residents fear for their safety
Muslim residents living on the outskirts of Rangoon fear for their safety after one man was killed in a fresh outbreak of anti-Muslim violence in Oakkan township on Tuesday.
Mosque, Islamic school targeted for closure on Rangoon outskirts
Local authorities have asked Muslim community leaders to shutter a mosque and madrasa that they say were opened without the proper permitting in Kyun Pone Lay village, Taikkyi, a township on the outskirts of Rangoon that was the site of deadly inter-religious violence in 2013.
Buddhists stone Muslim shops, mosque in Hlegu following scissor attack
A personal feud has sparked another wave of communal tensions in Burma, this time in Hlegu Township, 40km northeast of Rangoon.
Burma president backs anti-Muslim ‘hate preacher’ Wirathu
President Thein Sein has defended the prominent anti-Muslim monk Wirathu and his controversial “969” movement, after Time Magazine described him as “the face of Buddhist terror”
What lies beneath the rash of anti-Muslim violence in Burma?
Following several episodes of anti-Muslim violence, authorities must take a closer look at the level of organisation behind the recent attacks on the country’s Islamic community