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20 août 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.editionscnrs.13068
- isbn: 9782271081964
- eisbn: 9782271122247
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Maxime Boutry, « Buddhists and Muslims of Arakan: religious conflict or national identity crisis? », CNRS Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.editionscnrs.13068
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November 2012 On 28 May 2012, a young Buddhist was raped and killed by assailants who were immediately identified as “Rohingya” Muslims by the Burmese authorities of Sittwe, in Arakan (Rakhine State). In the weeks that followed, the mutual resentment of the two communities – “Rohingya” Muslims and Buddhist Arakanese, which had festered since the end of British colonization, exploded into incendiary brawls, leading thousands of people of both faiths to flee their homes. Despite the curfew impo...