[Buddha-l] comment on illustration in Zarni's Todays Thoughts

[Christopher Fynn]

I wonder - Is there any relation between last year's attacks on
Buddhists by Muslims in neighbouring Bangladesh - and the recent
attacks on Muslims by Buddhists in Burma?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21161354

On 01/04/2013, Jo <ugg-5 at spro.net> wrote:

> Please look again at the photo here:
>
> http://www.maungzarni.com/2013/03/stop-969-burmas-fastest-growing-neo.html
>
> The younger Muslim woman in the picture of the hypocritical monk Wirathu is
> wearing the type of hijab promoted by the Wahhabis and Salafis. When I
> visited Burma in 1985, eating at Muslim restaurants on the road from Yangon
> to Bagan, NONE of their women wore hijab of any kind nor did they hide from
> the customers. The same was true of the Muslims in southern Thailand before
> the Arab religious fanatics got to them. Also true of Indonesia before the
> same religious promotions ended up with the creation of the Jamaah Islami
> there-the group that blew up the nightclub in Bali and other atrocities.
>
> This has been a movement going on for several decades already but ignored
> by
> western media, whose owners are ever favorable to the Sunni oil barons.
>
> Attacking an ethnic group denoted as non-Burmese is also a political
> strategy of the ruling junta in Burma, who need to divide in order to rule.
> Further independent research is needed to ascertain if the Burmese Muslims
> (aside from Rohingyas) have supported terrorism and anti-Buddhist actions.
> So far, I don't believe it. However, their willingness to take on Arab
> monetary support and religious extremism does not endear them to the
> populations they live among. Q.E.D.
>
> Joanna
>