Bomb blast in Maungdaw kills police and leaves three injured

Bni
Thursday, June 06, 2019
Development Media Group

                              

The accidental explosion of a bomb that occurred near the Taung Pyo (Right) bridge, killed police and left three others injured, an official from No. (1) Border Guard Force said.

After the Sri Lanka bombings: why Myanmar won't be next

Frontier

MYANMAR

By JARED DOWNING | FRONTIER
Thursday, May 09, 2019

 Security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. (AFP)

Despite government concern and suspicion in the wake of deadly terror attacks in Sri Lanka, Myanmar is not a likely target for Islamic extremism.

ON EASTER Sunday, April 21, one of the deadliest terror attacks in the last decade occurred in one of Myanmar’s closest neighbours – a country also recovering from decades of civil war, and with a history of tension between a Muslim minority and Buddhist majority.

Religious Minorities Across Asia Suffer Amid Surge in Sectarian Politics

The New York Times

By Hannah Beech, Dharisha Bastians and Kai Schultz
April 21, 2019

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The deadly attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday highlighted how easily religious coexistence can be ripped apart in a region where secularism is weakening amid the growing appeal of a politics based on ethnic and sectarian identity.

In India, the country’s governing right-wing Hindu party is exploiting faith for votes, pushing an us-versus-them philosophy that has left Muslims fearing they will be lynched if they walk alone.