{"id":3394,"date":"2025-10-21T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2025-10-21T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:00:07","slug":"who-threw-the-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/10\/21\/who-threw-the-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Threw the Stone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Sacred Symbol to Political Weapon \u2014 And How Myanmar Can Learn from Its Meaning<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By Dr. Ko Ko Gyi Abdul Rahman Zafrudin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s Foreword<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Across faiths and centuries, the simple act of throwing a stone has carried meanings far beyond violence. It has symbolized resistance, judgment, purification, and even love. This essay, reflects on how this enduring symbol\u2014from the story of Cain and Abel to the streets of Gaza and the political battlegrounds of Myanmar\u2014reveals much about the hand that throws it.<\/strong> His reflections merge the disciplines of medicine, history, and faith to illuminate one urgent question: when hatred is thrown into society, who really benefits?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I. Diagnosing the Political Stone<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We Burmese often say, \u201cDon\u2019t just look at the target of the stone\u2014look at who threw it.\u201d
That proverb guides my understanding of politics. Trained as a physician by teachers such as Professor Dr Daw Myint Myit Aye<\/strong>, I learned to see every case holistically: the geography as anatomy, the history as physiology, the infection as propaganda, and the immune response as the people\u2019s reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My beloved, best teacher, Medical Professor Dr Daw Myint Myint Aye<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, when a stone of hatred is thrown\u2014particularly the revival of Islamophobia<\/strong> by the junta\u2014I ask: Who is behind the throw?<\/em> Who ordered or paid the thrower?<\/em> What do they wish to hide?<\/em> And, most importantly, how can we prevent the next stone?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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