Non-violent extremism : the case of Wirathu in Myanmar

• Main Author: Kumar Ramakrishna
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Buddhism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104172; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20108
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The controversial Buddhist monk Wirathu, putative leader of the Buddhist fundamentalist 969 movement in Myanmar, has fuelled Buddhist-Muslim violence in the past year. Liberal responses to let the marketplace of ideas drown his extremist rhetoric are unlikely to suffice.