AhlulBayt News Agency

source : IQNA
Friday

22 February 2013

8:30:00 PM
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Extremist Buddhists Vandalize Islamic School in Myanmar

Hundreds of extremist Buddhists attacked an Islamic school in Yangon, Myanmar, destroying parts of the education center.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - They vandalized the school under the very nose of security forces who were near the place, IINA news agency reported. Myanmar’s Muslim groups convened an emergency meeting after the attack discussing strategies for preventing anti-Islamic attacks. They called for decisive action by the Myanmar government against the perpetrators. This is while local sources say some government officials have collaborated in the attack on the Islamic center. In other news, the Rohingya news agency reported that the Myanmar government plans to resettle Buddhist migrants from Bangladesh in Myanmar’s Muslim-majority regions. The government intends to confiscate Muslims’ lands and properties and give them over to the Buddhists. The news agency also disclosed a plan by the military commander of Arakan region to carry out a genocide against Muslims in the region with the help of Buddhist leaders.End item/ 149