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Category: Opinion
Keep Your Enemies Closer: A Case for Reconciliation in Myanmar
I have always remembered one teaching: “Keep your enemies close.” In politics, there are no permanent friends and no permanent…
If There Is A Will, There Is A Way ‘TO A PRACTICAL PEACE MECHANISM’
How Can Myanmar’s Enemies Actually Sit Down Together? “If there is a will, there is a way.” For Myanmar, that…
Breaking the Circle of Fear: Mutual Trust and Respect as the Path to Reconciliation in Myanmar
Introduction Photo credit Guardian Myanmar’s political crisis is often described in a single dimension: who holds power, and how it…
The Fascist Myth of “Unity”
When fascist dictators want to control the public, they preach slogans like “We must be united,” “Do not divide,” “A…
CHINTAE LAE PYAN — LOOKING BACK OVER MY SHOULDER
PART 3 — WHEN MERIT WAS NOT ENOUGH From Excellence to Mass Production: How Racism, Nepotism and the Loss of…
“Questioning the Selective Enforcement of Religious Freedom and Constitutional Rights”
In Myanmar, mosques and other Islamic religious buildings — on the grounds that they allegedly do not comply with by-laws…
Myedu Muslims in Burmese History
Taungoo Era In 1707, King Sanay Min of Taungoo resettled Muslim prisoners of war from Sandoway into Myedu. Between 1698…
Destruction of Others’ Places of Worship and the Consequences of Severe Karma
Countries or people that destroy the places of worship or nests of others face severe karmic consequences in a short…
“Vesali Was Not Rakhine” — Translation, Edit, and Fact-Check
Original title: ဝေသာလီသည် ရခိုင်မဟုတ် (“Vesali Is Not Rakhine”) — author credited as “Thangpet Thanga” Vesali Is Not Rakhine (For younger…