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Earthquake has destroyed numerous Buddhist pagodas in Myanmar

Thousands of religious buildings were destroyed in the severe earthquake that struck Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Friday. More than 2,000 monasteries and pagodas in the Sagaing region alone are said ...
Religion Dispatches

Chatting with Myanmar’s Buddhist "Terrorist"

“Do I look like a terrorist?” the orange-robed monk asked me, confident that I would see the question as absurd. The monk, Ashin Wirathu, had been portrayed on the cover of Time magazine’s ...
Yahoo

AP Photos: "Shinbyu," a rite of passage for young Buddhists in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist monastery in southern Myanmar, as they prepare to enter ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Suburban Buddhist temple launches fundraiser for Myanmar earthquake victims

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Washington Examiner

Myanmar Muslims recall Buddhist assault

SIN THET MAW, Myanmar (AP) — Stranded beside their decrepit flotilla of wooden boats, on a muddy beach far from home, the Muslim refugees tell story after terrifying story of their exodus from a ...

How Buddhist monks became the face of ethnonationalist violence in Sri Lanka and Myanmar

In The Robe and the Sword, Sonia Faleiro shows how Buddhist revivalism and majoritarianism have been historically intertwined ...
Newsday

At least 23 dead after airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar

BANGKOK — An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar 's central Sagaing region killed at least 23 people who were taking shelter in the compound, separate sources said Friday. The overnight ...
SFGate

Photos show boat races during Buddhist religious celebrations in Myanmar

INLE LAKE, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of waterborne spectators gathered Friday to watch boat races on Myanmar’s Inle Lake, the highlight of the annual Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival. The festival, held on ...
Reuters

Myanmar monk's U.N. whore rant "could hurt Buddhism"

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Myanmar Buddhist monk who called a U.N. human rights envoy a "whore" has violated his monastic code and could damage his religion, another prominent monk said on Tuesday, but he ...
Reuters

Spurred by Myanmar radicals, Thai Buddhists push for state religion status

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A campaign to enshrine Buddhism as Thailand's state religion has been galvanized by a radical Buddhist movement in neighbouring Myanmar that is accused of stoking religious tension ...
LAist

Buddhist Monks Renew Protest in Myanmar

Myanmar's military regime has released several pro-democracy activists that were arrested during a deadly crackdown last month on anti-government demonstrations. Thousands were detained by the ...
Libcom

Buddhist Anarchism for Myanmar

An American Buddhist Anarchist wrote an article about how Buddhism can be appropriated by anarchist views. The tagline of the website "No Selves No Masters" says "If Buddhism is to possess social ...