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who has branded Muslims as "the enemy". Photo: AFP   Kate Hodal Guardian April 18, 2013 Thousands watch YouTube videos of 45-year-old 'Burmese Bin Laden' who is inciting violence against country's Muslim minority His name is Wirathu, he calls himself the "Burmese Bin Laden" and he is a Buddhist monk who is stoking religious hatred across  Burma . The saffron-robed 45-year-old regularly shares his hate-filled rants through DVD and social media, in which he warns against Muslims who "target innocent young Burmese girls and rape them", and "indulge in cronyism". To ears untrained in the Burmese language, his sermons seem steady and calm – almost trance-like – with Wirathu rocking back and forth, eyes downcast. Translate his softly spoken words, however, and it becomes clear how his paranoia and fear, muddled with racist stereotypes and unfounded rumours, have helped to incite violence and spread misinform

On occasions of Muslim persecution around the world the Saudi government is very often one of the first to speak out Al-Bawaba   April, 18 2013 Last summer when riots broke out in Rakhine state, Myanmar, much of the world became aware of what would be described as ethnic and religious tensions between the Rakhine Buddhists and the Rohingya Muslims, who have been deemed stateless by the government since 1982. By almost all accounts the Government of Myanmar was condemned for the harshness of its crack down and in many cases accused of being complicit if not directly involved in the violence against the Rohingya. The events that followed the riots were less observed; largely the massive displacement of Rohingya fleeing the violence, reports of continued violence, rape, and extortion by police and military officers against Rohingya, and the placement of Rohingya into locked refugee camps. To call it collective punishment is a gross understatement. Famously, the UN has called the

Oman Tribune: April  18, 2013 On Sunday, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) asked the government of Myanmar to grant entry to a fact-finding ministerial delegation to look into the horrible violence against Muslims. Whether such a visit will serve any useful purpose remains to be seen as long as the government looks the other way or tacitly backs atrocities against the Rohingya Muslims and Muslims of other stock. In fact, the current violence is not a new phenomenon. In the 1990s too, the Rohingyas were subjected to a lot of persecution and hundreds of thousands fled to Bangladesh. Voices were raised around the world in their support. The OIC and the Gulf Arab also joined the chorus. But the effect of the hue and cry was minimal and now years later, the situation has grown worse. The plight of the Rohingyas and Muslims in other parts of Myanmar is worse than before, mainly due to the indifference of successive military governments. It seems like the government do