Myanmar again, but from the other end.

[pulga]

The country need reconciliation – compassion and loving kindness would be a good starting point. The country needs leaders who believe in the Dhamma and act accordingly. The real enemy is within as is the case will all of us who have not developed sufficient enlightenment.

Very true. But both sides - or all sides for that matter - need to be more tolerant and flexible when dealing with one another: the goal being a civically egalitarian society. It's disconcerting when the Western media takes sides in such conflicts.

I'm just curious, are Muslims in Myanmar civically governed under their own set of Islamic laws as they are in Sri Lanka?

[dagon]

The country need reconciliation – compassion and loving kindness would be a good starting point. The country needs leaders who believe in the Dhamma and act accordingly. The real enemy is within as is the case will all of us who have not developed sufficient enlightenment.

Very true. But both sides need to be more tolerant and flexible when dealing with one another: the goal being a civically egalitarian society. It's disconcerting when the Western media takes sides in such conflicts.

I'm just curious, are Muslims in Myanmar civically governed under their own set of Islamic laws as they are in Sri Lanka?

The media does as the media does.

If we are, or aspire to be Buddhist then the only side that we should be on is the side of Buddhist ethics, the Dhamma - that is not being intolerant or ignorant. What Buddha taught was understanding and truth.

In answer to you question - no that are not allowed their own laws BUT the government did make laws that applied to them. i am not sure which still apply.

metta
paul

[dagon]

This article may be of interest to those who actually want to try and understand the situation in Burma

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... buses.html

metta
paul