41 - 50 of 52 results for "muslim"

  1. 41. opinion | 29 May 2013

    Myanmar baby ban has to go

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » Myanmar has shown again that 50 years as a dictatorship will lead to awkward moments in rejoining the world community of nations. Last weekend, the government did something completely outlandish and unacceptable. It decr...

  2. 42. news | 05 Jun 2013

    Three Rohingya die in clash with Myanmar security forces

    By AFP

    » Three Muslim Rohingya women have been shot dead in a confrontation with security forces at a camp for displaced victims of sectarian violence in western Myanmar, police said Wednesday.

  3. 43. news | 03 May 2013

    Thein Sein to visit Washington

    By AFP

    » Myanmar President Thein Sein plans a landmark visit to Washington this month in a sign of US support for his reforms despite a recent surge in anti-Muslim violence, a source said Thursday.

  4. 44. news | 13 Jun 2013

    Police from Somchai case 'investigating Akeyuth murder'

    AKEYUTH MURDER

    By King-oua Laohong, Newspaper section: News

    » Some police officers present at the press conference announcing the capture of a key suspect in the murder of businessman Akeyuth Anchanbutr had been implicated in the disappearance of Somchai Neelaphaijit, the Muslim hu...

  5. 45. news | 14 Jun 2013

    Myanmar monks urge peace after religious bloodshed

    By AFP

    » Senior monks in Myanmar on Friday appealed for peace following a surge in religious bloodshed in the former junta-ruled nation, in a joint statement that stopped short of condemning a wave of anti-Muslim attacks.

  6. 46. news | 12 Jun 2013

    Myanmar man gets 26 years for attack that caused riots

    By AFP

    » Myanmar has sentenced a Muslim man to 26 years in prison for an attack on a Buddhist woman that sparked a fresh outbreak of religious violence last month in the former army-ruled nation, police said on Wednesday.

  7. 47. news | 13 May 2013

    Man found dead on Yala plantation

    By Online Reporters

    » A Muslim man was found dead in a hut on a rubber plantation in Yaha district of Yala on Monday morning, police said.

  8. 48. opinion | 16 Jun 2013

    Myanmar monks begin to take a stand

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » There was welcome news on Friday that a group of senior monks in Myanmar made an appeal for peace following recent violence there that was divided along religious lines, overwhelmingly instigated by Buddhist mobs against...

  9. 49. news | 19 May 2013

    Saudi woman tops Everest as country warms to women in sports

    By AFP

    » Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, tourism officials ...

  10. 50. news | 27 May 2013

    Suu Kyi slams Rohingya 2-child limit

    By AP

    » YANGON - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, rights groups and Islamic leaders expressed dismay on Monday over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy tha...

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