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__Myanmar’s Buddhist-Muslim Crisis__ is a probing search into the reasons and rationalizations behind the violence occurring in Myanmar, especially the oppressive military campaigns waged against Rohingya Muslims by the army in 2016 and 2017. Over more than three years John Holt traveled around Myanmar engaging in sustained conversations with prominent and articulate participants and observers. What emerges from his peregrinations is a series of compelling portraits revealing both deep insights and entrenched misunderstandings. To understand the conflict, Holt must first accurately capture the viewpoints of his different conversation partners, who include Buddhists and Muslims, men and women, monks and laypeople, activists and scholars. Conversations range widely over issues such as the rise of Buddhist nationalism; the sometimes enigmatic and unexpected positions taken by Aung San Suu Kyii; use of the controversial term “Rohingya”; the impact of state-sponsored propaganda on the Burmese public; resistance to narratives emanating from international media, the United Nations, and the international diplomatic community; the frustrations of local political leaders who have felt left o

Who reads Myanmar’s Buddhist-Muslim Crisis : Rohingya, Arakanese, and Burmese Narratives of Siege and Fear?

Author

Holt, John Clifford

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824881870

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Islam, Political Science