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Hundreds of Muslims in western Myanmar relocated
Associated Press ^ | Aug 24, 2013 12:08 PM EDT

Posted on 08/24/2013 9:13:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Hundreds of Muslims trapped in ghetto-like conditions in western Myanmar after their homes were torched by Buddhist mobs last year were moved Saturday to a camp for internally displaced people, officials said.

Government spokesman Win Myaing said the relocation from Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe township was voluntary. But one well-known activist said many of the families were worried their conditions would go from bad to worse once they left.

Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist country of 60 million, has been gripped by religious violence since military rulers handed over power to a nominally civilian government. …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: burma; myanmar; relocation; rop

1 posted on 08/24/2013 9:13:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
trapped in ghetto-like conditions

ha that is a laugh the moslems create ghetto like conditions merely by their presence

2 posted on 08/24/2013 9:17:29 AM PDT by bigheadfred (INFIDEL)
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To: Olog-hai

Translation: Buddhists had had enough and took care of business.


3 posted on 08/24/2013 9:19:49 AM PDT by lurk
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They should relocate them to Saudi Arabia.

As should we.

4 posted on 08/24/2013 9:23:36 AM PDT by skeeter
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Seems to me that the Muslims should be happy the Buddhists are not taking a page from the Koran and just beheading them.


5 posted on 08/24/2013 9:29:55 AM PDT by pennyfarmer (Your socialist beat our liberal AGAIN.)
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To: Olog-hai

Burma Shaved


6 posted on 08/24/2013 10:20:36 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
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To: skeeter
They should relocate them to Saudi Arabia.

A whole Quarter of the country is Empty, with all the Sharia they can think and all the oil they can drink.

7 posted on 08/24/2013 3:46:05 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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To: Olog-hai

The Myanmar people consider many of the Muslims to be illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh. They also have Muslim problems to the south, which borders Muslim Malaysia.

They should just expel the Muslims and be done with it.


8 posted on 08/24/2013 3:52:27 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Olog-hai

poor <ozzies. They should be relocated to Saudi Arabia immediately...


9 posted on 08/24/2013 11:30:15 PM PDT by Cronos
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