TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hundreds of Buddhist monks and activists rallied in Sri Lanka's capital against anti-Muslim riots that have killed at least two people and forced the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency.
News ID: 3465355 Publish Date : 2018/03/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Sri Lanka’s government imposed a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday after mob attacks against the minority Muslim population in a central district, violence that has highlighted the country’s fragility as it tries to recover from decades of civil war.
News ID: 3465338 Publish Date : 2018/03/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The tense situation that had prevailed in the Ampara town in eastern Sri Lanka Monday night after a group of Buddhists attacked a Muslim shop and a mosque, has presently been brought under control, police said on Tuesday.
News ID: 3465301 Publish Date : 2018/02/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Extremist Buddhist nationalists stopped a Muslim religious ceremony in Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon, amid an ongoing bloody campaign against Rohingya Muslims in the western state of Rakhine.
News ID: 3461896 Publish Date : 2017/01/09
A radical monk who heads a movement accused of stirring violence against Muslims in Myanmar has announced a partnership with a hardline Buddhist group in Sri Lanka to defend their religion.
News ID: 1455881 Publish Date : 2014/09/30
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has reacted to the Buddhist attacks against Muslims in Burma and Sri Lanka.
News ID: 1427434 Publish Date : 2014/07/08
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) called on the United Nations and the international community to condemn attacks on Muslims in Sri Lanka by fanatical Buddhists led by monks demanding boycott of Muslims on racist grounds.
News ID: 1420053 Publish Date : 2014/06/18
Buddhist politicians, monks and community leaders in Myanmar's Rakhine State called for the creation of an “Arakan National Defense Army” against the region's persecuted Muslim Rohingya community.
News ID: 1404522 Publish Date : 2014/05/07
A group of extremist Buddhists in Myanmar have set fire to a mosque dating back to over 2 centuries ago.
News ID: 1322368 Publish Date : 2013/11/25
Hundreds of Buddhists in Rangoon and the Arakan State capital of Sittwe are planning to protest against a visit to Myanmar by a high-level delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) this week.
News ID: 1316907 Publish Date : 2013/11/12
