It's contains about Islam and Muslim people in Myanmar and how the Muslim deals with Buddhist and their relation. It is also contain history of Islam and Buddha arrival in Myanmar.

1. RELIGIONS IN MALAYSIA
FIM 1123
ISLAM AND
BUDDHISM IN
MYANMAR

2. HISTORICAL STORY
1.HOW ISLAM CAME TO
MYANMAR
2.HOW BUDDHISM CAME
TO MYANMAR

3. HISTORY OF ISLAM IN MYANMAR
•The first Muslims (9th century) had landed:
1.Myanmar (Burma's) Ayeyarwady
River delta
2.Tanintharyi Coast
3. Rakhine
•Prior to the establishment of the first
Myanmar (Burmese) empire in 1055 AD by
King Anawrahta of Bagan

4. • Propagation of Islam & Muslim settlements (9th
century):
1. Arab
2. Persian
3. European
4. Chinese
• The current population of Myanmar Muslims are
the descendants
of Arabs, Persians, Turks, Moors, IndianMuslims, sheikhs, Pakistanis, Pathans, Bengalis, C
hinese Muslims and Malays who settled and
intermarried with local Burmese and many ethnic
Myanmar groups such
as, Rakhine, Shan, Karen, Mon etc

6. HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN
MYANMAR
• More than 2000 years
• Sasana Vamsa (Pinyasami/1834) –
summarizes Buddhism history in Burma.
• Theravada Buddhism – first time implanted
at Pagan (early 11th century) by Burmese
King Anawratha (1044-1077 AD).
• 1057 - Anawratha sent an army, conquer
the Mon city of Thaton in order to obtain the
Tipitaka Buddhist canon.

7. • During the British administration of Lower and Upper
Burma (Burma Proper) government policies were secular
- monks were not protected by law.
• There was much opposition (including by the Irish
monk U Dhammaloka) to the efforts by Christian
missionaries to convert the Burmese people, Bamar,
Shan, Mon, Rakhine and plains Karen, with one exception
- the hill tribes.
• 1948 - country gained its independence from Great
Britain, both civil and military governments have
supported Theravada Buddhism.
• The Ministry of Religious Affairs (1948) - responsible for
administering Buddhist affairs in Burma.

8. CURRENT ISSUES IN
BURMA
MUSLIMS
IN BURMA
Prologue
The
Massacre
Mutual
Trust

9. PROLOGUE
1- The Burmese king Bayintnaung (15501589 ) imposed restrictions upon
his Muslim subjects.
No Qurban , Eid Fitri
2- King Bodawpaya (1782-1819) arrested 4
Imams and killed (eat pork)
3- Riot & Racism 1930 (British Era)
4- Burma for Burmese Campaign
5- Inquiry Committee of British , promote equality
6- Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
( AFPFL) by General Aung San & U Nu , Burmese
Muslim Congres (BMC) joined AFPFL in 1948

10. CLIMAX
Ne Win's coup d'état (1962)
Expelled Muslim army
Accused Muslim as Terrorist
Anti-Muslim riots in Mandalay (1997)
The Massacre

11. Myanmar Muslims, Buddhists
urged to build mutual trust
"OIC is not a religious
organization and was not in
Myanmar to spread Islam or to
help Muslims only, but to help all
people affected by violence
without discrimination" Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of
the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
“Myanmar wants to become a federal
democratic country by 2015 and is
seeking international support,” Mohammed Rauf Rafi, secretarygeneral of the European Rohingya
Council