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Human rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi still refuses to champion Rohingya Muslims

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Three cheers for Suu Kyi! Why do we care what is happening in Burma/Myanmar as it relates to the Rohingya/Bengali population?  Because once again we are seeing the worldwide media drumbeat badgering Burma and working up to demanding that western countries take in the so-called Muslim “refugees.” Rohingya are already coming to America as we … Continue reading Human rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi still refuses to champion Rohingya Muslims

Burma’s famous democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi being pushed to speak up for Rohingya Muslims

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Aung San Suu Kyi is so far refusing to join the cabal of human rights activists and the media pushing her to defend the Rohingya Muslims involved in the recent riots in Burma’s Rakhine Province.  Could it be that she knows that some among them are outside agitators and Islamic extremists and that some Buddhists … Continue reading Burma’s famous democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi being pushed to speak up for Rohingya Muslims

Saudi press calls Burmese Buddhists “bigots,” while they themselves deport Africans by the thousands

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This is your laugh of the day (other news coming soon is pretty grim!). You have to hand it to them, the Saudis have a lot of hutzpah! In an editorial in the Saudi Gazette, they blast Burma for its treatment of the Rohingya Muslims while they themselves are deporting Africans by the thousands so … Continue reading Saudi press calls Burmese Buddhists “bigots,” while they themselves deport Africans by the thousands

Pope Francis arrives in Burma, will he use the ‘R’-word—Rohingya?

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We will be watching! By the way, in Burma (aka Myanmar), the majority Buddhist population does not think the group of people referred to as Rohingya are anything more than Bangladeshi ethnics who got in to the Buddhist country from Muslim Bangladesh over decades.  That is why the word, setting them aside as some special … Continue reading Pope Francis arrives in Burma, will he use the ‘R’-word—Rohingya?