Posted on 08/27/2013 1:50:35 AM PDT by TexGrill
HTAN GONE, MYANMAR – Members of a 1,000-strong Buddhist mob torched dozens of homes and shops in northwestern Myanmar following rumors that a Muslim man tried to sexually assault a young woman, officials and witnesses said, as the country was once again gripped by sectarian violence.
The rioters, who sang the country’s national anthem as they rampaged, dispersed after security forces arrived early Sunday, shooting into the air. No injuries were reported.
The hours-long riot in the village of Htan Gone, located 16 km south of the town of Kantbalu in the region of Sagaing, began late Saturday after a crowd surrounded a police station, demanding that the suspect in the attempted assault be handed over, a police officer said.
State television reported that about 42 houses and 15 shops were burned and destroyed — most belonging to Muslims.
The predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million has been grappling with sectarian violence since the country’s military rulers handed over power to a nominally civilian government in 2011.
The unrest — which has killed more than 250 people and left 140,000 others displaced — began last year in the western state of Rakhine, where nationalist Buddhists accuse the Rohingya Muslim community of illegally entering the country and encroaching on their land. The violence, on a smaller scale but still deadly, spread earlier this year to other parts of the country, fueling deep-seated prejudices against the Islamic minority and threatening Myanmar’s fragile transition to democracy. Almost all of the victims have been Muslims, often attacked as security forces stood by.
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Man bites dog.
I thought the Buddhists were passive and at One with Everything?
Do you know how hard it is to piss off a Buddhist?
The Muslims there must have REALLY irritated them for them to go nuts. Just imagine...
Even though Buddhist know true nature of Islam
Buddhist must avoid conflict, it is their nature unless...
They percieve truth, islam Great Evil in world must purify with fire.
Not necessarily. Even those cheesy kung-fu movies portray Buddhists as fighters (when they're not meditating).
So it’s meditate, reach your inner self but if some Islamic SOB burns down your firecrackeer shop kick the living daylights out of him, right?
Google “Yamabushi.”
Buddhists are only peaceful when they wanna be. During Warring States periods Buddhist Warrior Monks were one of the many powerful factions.
Well, its about time some community has the will to strike back.
To muslims: payback is a *****, aint it?
> Do you know how hard it is to piss off a Buddhist?
Yes, I do. My wife is Buddhist and believe me, you do not want to p!ss her off.
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