Amid religious violence, a tour company is giving away free beer to lure visitors out in the rainy season.
The violence started when a group of Burmese Buddhists attacked shops and restaurants owned by Muslims in the central town area. The Muslim owners retaliated angrily, defending themselves and ...
Osman Mah from the NSW Burmese Muslim Association spoke about the recent comments made by television personality Sonia Kruger and One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson on Australian Muslims.
Tension between Muslims and Buddhists reportedly was high in October 2001. Local residents say violence erupted after a quarrel broke out between some monks and a Muslim drug store owner.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled Myanmar in 2017 to escape a campaign of what the UN has described as genocide launched by the Burmese military. But Myanmar's government has denied this ...