Stop Persecution of Minorities in Burma, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

Fri, 2013-04-05 01:25 —

By M. Burhannuddin Qasmi
Muslim organizations condemned the communal violence against minorities in Burma, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. They decried the targeting of places of worship and articulated their deepest concerns about recent ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Burma where the human rights organisations and the UNO failed to offer even mere console to the victims.  read more »

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Sep 30, 2012 , (Reuters) -
Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh burned at least four Buddhist temples and 15 homes of Buddhists on Sunday after complaining that a Buddhist man had insulted Islam, police and residents said.Members of the Buddhist minority in the Cox's Bazar area in the southeast of the country said unidentified people were bent on upsetting peaceful relations between Muslims and Buddhists.Muslims took to the streets in the area late on Saturday to protest against what they said was a photograph posted on Facebook that insulted Islam.The protesters said the picture had been posted by a Buddhist and they marched to Buddhist villages and set fire to temples and houses.  read more »