In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

Recitals of Quranic verses ring out from a mosque, while prayer ... in Myanmar, together with hardline nationalist monks, ...

Devotees gathered around the banyan tree, considered sacred, and watered it in Myanmar ... Tibetan Buddhist monks sat crossed-legs on the floor, chanting prayers as devotees stood in line to ...

In the Ma Ba Tha view of the world, there is only one truth: the Buddhist as victim of rampaging ... "What I want to say is our Myanmar Rakhine have been attacked by terrorists in Rakhine state.

Myanmar's military junta has released controversial Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, known for his nationalist and anti-Muslim rhetoric. He had previously been charged for sedition against the ...