Wirathu

Myanmar monk Wirathu 'not afraid' of arrest

An ultra-nationalist monk dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his anti-Muslim vitriol said Wednesday he was not afraid of arrest as police pursued him on charges of stirring up unrest.Wirathu has long been the face of the country's hard-line Buddhist movement, notorious for espousing hate against Islam and particularly the long-persecuted Rohingya minority.A court issued an arrest warrant for the abbot late Tuesday under article 124(a), which targets anyone who "excites or

31 May 2019
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