Muslims Fear for Their Lives as Flames Consume Burma Town Near Former Capital

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"RANGOON — Pages of a Koran lay torn and spread on the ground outside two mosques in the town of Okkan, on the outskirts of Rangoon. At the Cho Bali mosque, Korans were dumped in a small well outside. Down the road, a Muslim-owned shop lay in ruins while a crowd of about 100 Buddhist onlookers surveyed the scene. No help came for the victims of Burma?s latest round of inter-communal violence. They were left to pick up the pieces of their trashed possessions..."

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"The Irrawaddy"

Date of Publication: 

2013-04-30

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2013-05-01

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English

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