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The radical Buddhist Monk Ashin Wirathu of Myanmar By Daya Gamage  Asian Tribune News Analysis September 27, 2014 Washington, D.C. While the United States Department of State is deeply concerned about public discourse of a section of Buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka of its radicalism toward the Muslim minorities, and official pronouncement by the American Embassy in Colombo about the radical Buddhist organization called the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS- Buddhist Power Force) accusing it of instrumental in attacking Muslim places of worship and business institutions, it will be an added concern for the US officials here in Washington when they learn the arrival of a radical Buddhist monk from Myanmar to attend a BBS-organized even in Sri Lanka on September 28. It has been reported that the radical and outspoken Buddhist monk from Myanmar Ashin Wirathu iis expected to attend the BBS Great Sangha Council meeting on 28. Time magazine, with venerable Ashin Wirathu on their cov

'DEEPLY TROUBLED.' UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expresses concern about Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, whom the government excluded from a census. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP By  Ayee Macaraig Rappler September 27, 2014 Ban Ki-Moon says Myanmar must address the underlying causes of conflict between Buddhists and Muslims or its reform process will suffer UNITED NATIONS  – The head of the United Nations called on Myanmar to address the exclusion of Rohingya Muslims from a controversial census, warning that its much-vaunted reform process will suffer if root causes remain unresolved. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon commented on  Myanmar’s first census in 30 years , widely criticized for  excluding people who identified themselves as “Rohingya,”  a religious minority in the Buddhist-majority nation. “For the first time in decades, Myanmar will have data to help address key social indicators. However, some segments of the population w