Buddhist Monks in Myanmar: Driving Religious Intolerance and Hindering Reform

• Main Author: Coates, Eliane
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Conflict and stability; Country and region studies; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82197; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39870
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Two hundred Buddhist monks took to the streets of Yangon on 12 November to protest the visit of a delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Many Buddhist monks are re-igniting anti-Muslim animosity and Burman Buddhist nationalism. Can Myanmar’s ASEAN Chairmanship and structural re...