Human Rights

British Colonialism, Burmese Hyper-Natonalism, both played a role

Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”

TeleSur | – – “The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time,” one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered in burns have told of an increased wave of violence against Muslims by the government’s military offensive. “The army came and they burned […]

African-Americans

Which Lives Matter?: Fresh St. Louis Protests over Acquittal of Accused Killer

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By TeleSur | – – Saturday’s demonstrations were markedly calmer after nearly three dozen people were arrested the day before. Protests have continued for a second day in St. Louis, Missouri following the acquittal of former cop Jason Stockley, who had been charged with first-degree murder for the killing of Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011. […]

Buddhism

Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?

Juan Cole

Turkey’s President has ambitions to lead the Muslim world

Displaced and Refugees

Saudi-led Airstrikes on Yemen Deadly for Children

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Are Western weapons killing civilians in Yemen?

Buddhism

Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late

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Myanmar’s Peace Prize Winner will finally address issue of persecution of Rohingya

Displaced and Refugees

UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing

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Ethnic Cleansing, human rights, Islam, Buddhism, Myanmar, Burma

Displaced and Refugees

Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities

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Human Rights Watch | – – Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ (New York) – Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling, and arson in their villages that have all the hallmarks of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing,” Human Rights Watch said today. Burmese army, […]

Displaced and Refugees

Are Muslims allowed to be Sympathetic Victims in US Media, or only Perpetrators?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Libyan activist Hend Amry makes an important point about the relative lack of interest of television news in stories such as the persecution of the Burmese (Myanmar) Muslims by the Buddhist establishment: When Muslims are the victims of terrorism, there isn't the fraction of western attention […]