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Since President Xi Jinping took office six years ago, the government has tightened restrictions on religions seen as a challenge to the authority of the ruling Communist Party.
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On This Day
March 11, 1975, saw the passing of U Thein Maung. His campaign to force Westerners to respect local customs by removing their shoes at Buddhist pagodas opened a new front in the nationalist
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Guest Column
If Myanmar is to rid itself of internal conflict, Burmans must recognize the daily institutionalized discrimination faced by ethnic groups.
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Women
The women, a law lecturer and a civil servant, said they trust the police, the state government and the democratic society of Kerala to keep them safe.
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News
Group shut down more than 100 churches over past four months; Lahu group seeks clarification on regulations in Wa region
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Burma
Thura U Aung Ko was ordered to keep gov’t policy in mind following backlash from Muslim groups
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The preacher has been controversial because of his puritan brand of Islam–recommending the death penalty for homosexuals and those who abandon their faith.
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Burma
Rumors say former Snr-Gen Than Shwe ordered the pagoda to be painted gold on his astrologer’s suggestion, following his visit there in 2010.
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With the help of local authorities, the refugees said this year's religious festivities were bigger and brighter than in years past.
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Asia
Conservative Hindu groups returned to an Indian hill temple to block women from entering for a second day, in defiance of a court ruling that says banning them is illegal.
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Asia
Malaysia freed 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the SE Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year because they did nothing wrong there, says Malaysian PM.
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Firebrand monk says he will take up arms if Myanmar’s military leadership is charged at the International Criminal Court.
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Burma
Urumqi, capital of the largely Muslim Chinese region of Xinjiang, will crack down on activities that blur the boundary between religion and secular life and encourage "extremism.â€
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Burma
U Thawbita, accused of likening Snr-Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to a cow on Facebook and suggesting he orchestrated a prison break in Karen State, denies any wrongdoing.
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A religious court in a Malaysian state ruled by an Islamist party has ordered the jailing and caning of a woman who pleaded guilty to offering sexual services.
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