Contesting Buddhist Narratives: Democratization, Nationalism, and Communal Violence in Myanmar
- Content Type
- Policy Brief
- Institution
- East-West Center
- Abstract
- For the past few years, Myanmar's political transition has been hampered by violence between Buddhists and Muslims. A nation with an ethnically Burman and religiously Buddhist majority, the population also comprises a large minority of Muslims and members of other religions, and includes many different ethnic groups. As such, Myanmar society is complex and innately plural.
- Topic
- Political Violence, Ethnic Conflict, Religion, Political Activism
- Political Geography
- Burma, Myanmar