Correcting The False Narratives Of Ma Ba Tha (Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)

Two years ago, the Time magazine depicted saffron-robed Wirathu, a Buddhist monk from Mandalay in Myanmar (Burma), as the ‘Face of Buddhist Terror.’ It was a very candid description of the terrorist Buddhist monk who was convicted of inciting deadly anti-Muslim pogroms in 2003 throughout Myanmar. After serving only seven years of his 25-year prison term behind the bars he was released in 2010 by Thein Sein’s government reportedly to act as its hound-dog, a task which he had loyally performed ever since. He has been the driving force behind the fascist Buddhist organization – Ma Ba Tha – that has played a major role in genocidal activities directed by Buddhists against Muslims of Myanmar.

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