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Ashin Wirathu (Burmese: ဝီရသူ, Pali: Vīrasū; born 10 July 1968 in Kyaukse,
Mandalay Division, Burma) is a
Burmese Buddhist monk, and the
leader of the...
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media it has
received criticism. The
Straits Times reported that
Ashin Wirathu, the movement's leader,
responded to
recent anti-Muslim
violence with pledges...
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racism and
Islamophobia within Burmese society and how
Buddhist monk
Ashin Wirathu inflames the
hatred within Myanmar's
Buddhist majority po****tion towards...
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including both
senior scholar monks and
nationalist monks.
Ashin Wirathu is a
prominent member of PAM and is
described as "the
leader of the most...
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worked on many
features for the BBC including:
interviewing Buddhist monk
Wirathu and
members of Burma's
Muslim community who have been
caught up in clashes...
- မရှိသေးဟု ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးစောချစ်သူပြော".
Mizzima (in Burmese). 12
January 2021. "
Wirathu,
preacher of hate,
receives top
honour from
Myanmar junta chief". Myanmar...
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delivered a sermon, he
singled Ashin Wirathu, then in hiding, out from
among the saṅgha,
asking in rhetoric, "Where is
Wirathu? He is my comrade." In February...
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October 2020. Irrawaddy, The (21
November 2022). "Ultranationalist Monk U
Wirathu Among Pro-Regime
Figures Honored by
Myanmar Junta". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved...
- the
influx of
Islam in
traditionally Buddhist Myanmar. Led by
Sayadaw U
Wirathu, "969" has
claimed that he/they do not
provoke attacks against Muslim communities...
- with the rise of the
Buddhist nationalist 969 Movement, led by
Sayadaw U
Wirathu. In
early 2015, the
Burmese government invited 15
insurgent groups to negotiate...
