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BRKG: Muslims in Bangladesh torch buddhist temples and home over Facebook photo
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 24676669:MV8yMDA0MTk1XzMzNjcyOTQ2Xzg0OTdCODE=] [quote:Rain-Man:MV8yMDA0MTk1XzMzNjcyMTE2XzdCMkRERTdD] :wtf: Officials said the mob comprising some 25,000 people set fire to at least five Buddhist temples and dozens of homes in Ramu town and its adjoining villages, some 350 kilometres (216 miles) from the capital Dhaka. The rioters claimed the photo allegedly defaming the Koran was uploaded on Facebook by a Buddhist man from the area, district administrator Joinul Bari said. "They became unruly and attacked Buddhist houses, torching and damaging their temples from midnight to Sunday morning," he told AFP. "At least 100 houses were damaged. We called in army and border guards to quell the violence," he said, adding that authorities had temporarily banned public gatherings in the area to prevent further clashes. "I have seen 11 wooden temples, two of them 300 years old, torched by the mob. They looted precious items and Buddha statues from the temples. Shops owned by Buddhists were also looted," said Sunil Barua, a local journalist on the scene. Buddhists, who make up less than one percent of Bangladesh's 153 million population, are based mainly in southeastern districts, close to the border with Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Sectarian tensions have been running high since June when deadly clashes erupted between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar's western Rakhine state. Although Bangladesh, where nearly 90 percent people are Muslims, has witnessed deadly clashes between Muslims and Hindus in the past, sectarian clashes involving Buddhists are rare. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iiylqiKkz3BBHP9-w70404WA0UbA?docId=CNG.342b89c4eeb3450468167ae5774564cc.11 [/quote] It won't be long until the West sends weapons to the islamists there. [/quote]
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