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Ashin Wirathu: Myanmar and its vitriolic monk
23 January 2015 Asia
Myanmar's most radical Buddhist monk is famed for his angry speeches, stoking fears
that the Muslim minority will one day overrun the country.
Now Ashin Wirathu has drawn the ire of the UN by calling its special envoy to Myanmar
(formerly known as Burma), Yanghee Lee, a "bitch" and a "whore".
BBC Burmese explains his rise, how other monks in Myanmar view him, why the government
tolerates him and the anger women's groups feel.
Who is Ashin Wirathu?
Ten years ago the radical monk from Mandalay was virtually unheard of. Born in 1968, he left
school at the age of 14 and entered the monkhood.
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He became well known only after he was involved with the nationalist and antiMuslim 969 group
in 2001 an organisation described as extremist, though that is a term the group's supporters
reject.
In 2003 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison but was released in 2010 along with other
political prisoners.
How did he come to public attention?
As government rules relaxed, he became more active on social media. He spread his message
by posting his sermons on YouTube and on Facebook where he currently has more than 37,000
followers.
In 2012, when deadly violence broke out in Rakhine state between Muslims, mainly Rohingya,
and Buddhists, he was catapulted into public view with his firebrand speeches.
A typical sermon begins: "Whatever you do, do it as a nationalist."
His rhetoric has more than a whiff of political theatre. When asked if he was the "Burmese Bin
Laden", he said he would not deny it. Other reports have quoted him as saying he works for
peace.
What does he want?
On 1 July 2013, Time Magazine put him on their front cover with the headline: The Face of
Buddhist Terror?
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His sermons preach animosity and his target is the Muslim community, mainly the Rohingya. He
led rallies supporting relocating Rohingya Muslims to a third country.
He has also blamed Muslims for the clashes and repeats unsubstantiated claims about
reproduction rates. Analysts say such sentiments stoked an already febrile situation in areas
where violence unfolded.
He also claims that Buddhist women are being converted by force and is leading a campaign for
legislation to prevent Burmese Buddhist women from marrying other faiths without official
permission.
So who speaks out against him in Myanmar?
The fear among many is that violent vigilantes support his views, which means that anyone who
speaks out against him runs the risk of becoming a target.
This partly explains the ambiguous relationship various sectors of society have with him.
It is also complicated by the fact that on some issues, such as his opposition to Rohingya
Muslims being granted citizenship, Wirathu has widespread support.
CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT

What do other Buddhist monks say?
Many will remember that Buddhist monks led the 2007 "saffron" uprising against Myanmar's
military junta. Wirathu's message does not attract support anywhere near that.
But many monks in Myanmar have remained tightlipped in the face of his rhetorical onslaught.
Part of it could be fear of reprisals.
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He presides over 2,500 monks at his monastery in Mandalay and some policies are supported
a conference aimed at "safeguarding women" was well attended by monks.
So it is almost impossible to say how far he is supported by the community of monks at large
but tension is palpable.
Some have spoken out to criticise him. Burmese monk U Ottara told BBC Burmese of his shock
in the wake of the recent comments.
"I feel very sad. I can say that those are not the kind of words for a monk to use."
The fear is that Wirathu is fast becoming the image of Burmese Buddhism to the outside world
one that is surely unrepresentative.
Why doesn't the government stop him?
A nominally civilian government now runs Myanmar after nearly half a century of military rule.
But deadly religious clashes have marred the image of a state on a slow road to reform.
However, many believe that Wirathu is tolerated by the government because he gives voice to
popular views, particularly about Rohingya Muslims, which they could not voice themselves for
diplomatic reasons.
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The Ministry of Religious Affairs has confirmed it will not act against him until they receive a
complaint. The government has so far failed to condemn the latest comments about Ms Lee.
How do women feel?
This is one group that voices consistent opposition. Women's activists have opposed his
campaign vociferously.
General Secretary of the Women's League of Burma Tin Tin Nyo said of his comments that: "He
gives our country a bad reputation... He damages the robes that he is wearing. "
She also said that his campaign to introduce a law to limit Buddhist women marrying other faiths
is not a form of protection but control: "Women can decide who to marry and what religion to be".
She says many ordinary women and young activists, who would oppose him more vociferously,
face reluctance from their parents, an older generation which has an inbuilt reverence for the
clergy.
BBC Burmese' Soe Win Than and Ko Ko Aung contributed to this report.
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Ashin Wirathu: The Monk Behind Burma’s “Buddhist Terror”
A TIME Magazine cover story has riled Thein Sein along with much of the nation.
When the July issue of TIME Magazine hit newsstands it got the attention of the highest levels of government in Burma. On its
cover is a serene image of Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, with a loaded phrase superimposed on his crimson robes:
“The Face of Buddhist Terror”. The article explores the rising wave of antiMuslim violence in the country and traces much of it
back to Wirathu.
Reacting to the provocative story, President Thein Sein’s office released a statement that said the story “creates a
misunderstanding of Buddhism.” It added, “The government is currently striving with religious leaders, political parties, media
and the people to rid Myanmar [Burma] of unwanted conflicts.” Sein went on to call Wirathu a “noble person” who is a “son of
Buddha”.
While it may be true that conjoining the words “Buddhist” and “terror” may cast the vast majority of the world’s Buddhists in an
unfair light, suggesting that real efforts are underway to cease sectarian violence and forge ethnic unity in Burma glosses over a
number of troubling facts. Most significant among them: Wirathu actively encourages an extremist attitude towards Burma’s
Muslims.
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Before a large gathering who came to hear his thoughts on Burma’s Muslims – whom he called “the enemy” – Wirathu recently
said: “You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog.”
By Jonathan DeHart
June 25, 2013

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“Muslims are like the African carp,” he told Global Post. “They breed quickly and they are very violent and they eat their own
kind. Even though they are minorities here, we are suffering under the burden they bring us.”
This sentiment is not fringe either. As seen by the crowd, which numbered in the thousands, Wirathu has a massive following.
Using an intoxicating mix of paranoia, racial stereotyping and unfounded claims, Wirathu has whipped up antiMuslim
sentiment among Burmese Buddhists. He can be seen here speaking at some length in these terms.
An organic movement has formed as a result, which has come to be known as the 969 campaign. While most distance
themselves from comparing the two, some have even likened the movement to a Burmese form of neoNazism.
The numerological significance of the digits comes from the Buddhist idea that the Three Jewels (Tiratana) comprise 24
attributes: nine special attributes of the Lord Buddha, six core Buddhist teachings and the nine attributes of monkhood. Hence:
969.
Burmese Muslims have their own numerological talisman as well: 786, referring to the Quranic phrase, “In the name of Allah,
the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful”, which has a numeric value of 786. The number is often seen plastered on the fronts of
halal restaurants in Burma.
The 969 Buddhists have struck back, putting stickers and signs that bear the number on shops, from food stalls and teashops to
street vendors, to distinguish themselves as being Buddhist. There have been instances of Buddhists being beaten by 969
adherents for patronizing Muslim businesses. The numbers are a giveaway. While hundreds of Muslims have been jailed for
involvement in the violence, very few Buddhists have wound up behind bars.
Yet this does not end in the marketplace or with beatings. Beginning in the northern state of Arakan and fanning out to other
parts of the country, over the past year hundreds, mostly Muslims, have been killed, while more than 125,000 have been
displaced. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called the Burmese government’s treatment of the nation’s Rohingya Muslim
minority “ethnic cleansing”.
“The Burmese government engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya that continues today through the
denial of aid and restrictions on movement,” said HRW’s deputy Asia director Phil Robertson. “The government needs to put an
immediate stop to the abuses and hold the perpetrators accountable or it will be responsible for further violence against ethnic
and religious minorities in the country.”
Indeed, Burmese dissident Dr. Maung Zarni has listed a number of overt antiMuslim acts committed by the government, from
backing violence against Rohingyas and “cleansing” Muslims from the Burmese military to approving antiMuslim
publications and bolstering the rise of Wirathu himself.
Even Burmese Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was accused of remaining silent on the issue of the Rohingyas’ plight for
too long until speaking out earlier this month against the controversial twochild policy applied solely to them. While Suu Kyi
may have broken her silence when it came to this hotly contested official attempt at controlling Muslim numbers, she has not
commented either way on Wirathu.
While they may not be outspoken on the issue of violence against Burma’s Muslim minority, more than 59,000 have signed an
online petition (as of Tuesday afternoon) to protest TIME’s cover story on the grounds that it misrepresents Buddhism – but not
necessarily in defense of Wirathu’s views.
Others with the urge to vent have taken to Facebook, such as D Day Ang who wrote: “We are not terrorist, we are peaceful people
and hate terrorism…please write articles only after gathering sufficient information.”
While it remains to be seen what will become of the contentious issue of the magazine in Burma, presidential spokesperson Ye
Htut said that, unsurprisingly, the Burmese government might just pull it from circulation and remove it from the public’s view.
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Buddhist monk uses racism and rumours to
spread hatred in Burma
Thousands watch YouTube videos of 45-year-old 'Burmese Bin Laden' who preaches
against country's Muslim minority
Kate Hodal in Bangkok
Thursday 18 April 2013 12.08 BST
His name is Wirathu, he calls himself the "Burmese Bin Laden" and he is a
Buddhist monk who is stoking religious hatred across Burma.
The saﬀron-robed 45-year-old regularly shares his hate-ﬁlled rants through
DVD and social media, in which he warns against Muslims who "target
innocent young Burmese girls and rape them", and "indulge in cronyism".
To ears untrained in the Burmese language, his sermons seem steady and
calm – almost trance-like – with Wirathu rocking back and forth, eyes
downcast. Translate his softly spoken words, however, and it becomes clear
how his paranoia and fear, muddled with racist stereotypes and unfounded
rumours, have helped to incite violence and spread misinformation in a
nation still stumbling towards democracy.
"We are being raped in every town, being sexually harassed in every town,
being ganged up on and bullied in every town," Wirathu recently told the
Guardian, speaking from the Masoeyein monastery in Mandalay where he is
based.
"In every town, there is a crude and savage Muslim majority."
It would be easy to disregard Wirathu as a misinformed monk with militant
views, were it not for his popularity. Presiding over some 2,500 monks at this
respected monastery, Wirathu has thousands of followers on Facebook and
his YouTube videos have been watched tens of thousands of times.

The increasing openness of Burma, which was once tightly controlled under a
military junta, has seen a wave of anti-Muslim sentiment spread across the
60 million-strong Buddhist majority – and Wirathu is behind much of it.
Rising to prominence in 2001, when he created a nationalist campaign to
boycott Muslim businesses, Wirathu was jailed for 25 years in 2003 for
inciting anti-Muslim hatred but freed in 2010 under a general amnesty.
Since his release, Wirathu has gone back to preaching hate. Many believe his
words inspired the fighting last June between Buddhists and ethnic Rohingya
Muslims in Rakhine state, where 200 people were killed and more than
100,000 displaced.
It was Wirathu who led a rally of monks in Mandalay in September to defend
President Thein Sein's controversial plan to send the Rohingya to a third
country. One month later, more violence broke out in Rakhine state.
Wirathu says the violence in Rakhine was the spark for the most recent
fighting in Burma's central city of Meiktila, where a dispute in a gold shop
quickly spiralled into a looting-and-arson spree. More than 40 people were
killed and 13,000 forced to flee, most of them Muslims, after mosques, shops
and houses were burned down across the city.
Wirathu says part of his concern with Islam is that Buddhist women have
been converted by force and then killed for failing to follow Islamic rules. He
also believes the halal way of killing cattle "allows familiarity with blood and
could escalate to the level where it threatens world peace".
So he is back to leading a nationalist "969" campaign, encouraging Buddhists
to "buy Buddhist and shop Buddhist" and demarcate their homes and
businesses using numbers related to the Buddha (the number refers to his
nine attributes, the six attributes of his teaching and the nine attributes of the
Buddhist order), seemingly with the intention of creating an apartheid state.
Wirathu openly blames Muslims for instigating the recent violence. A
minority population that makes up just 5% of the nation's total, Wirathu says
Burma's Muslims are being financed by Middle Eastern forces: "The local
Muslims are crude and savage because the extremists are pulling the strings,
providing them with financial, military and technical power," he said.

Not everyone agrees with Wirathu's teachings, including those of his own
faith. "He sides a little towards hate," said Abbot Arriya Wuttha Bewuntha of
Mandalay's Myawaddy Sayadaw monastery. "This is not the way Buddha
taught. What the Buddha taught is that hatred is not good, because Buddha
sees everyone as an equal being. The Buddha doesn't see people through
religion."
Critics point to Wirathu's lack of education to explain his extremism as little
more than ignorance, but his views do have clout in a nation where many
businesses are run successfully by Muslims.
The second son of eight children, Wirathu was born in 1968 in a town near
Mandalay and only attended school until 14, after which he became a monk.
Eager to leave "civilian life rife with its greed and spite", he said he had no
intention of marrying: "I didn't want to be with a woman."
Wirathu claims he has read the Qur'an and counts Muslims among his friends,
but said: "We're not so close because my Muslim friends don't know how to
talk to Buddhist monks … I can accept [being friends] if they consider me an
important and respected religious figure."
Despite spending seven years in prison for stoking religious violence, Wirathu
won a "freedom of religion" award in February from the UK's foremost
Burmese monastery, Sasana Ramsi in London, in the same week that he
spread rumours that a Rangoon school would be developed into a mosque.
Analysts warn that Wirathu's seeming freedom to preach as he pleases – in
addition to his influence over other monks, who have also started preaching
against Islam – should be taken as a wake-up call to the rest of the world. "If a
similar hate movement like Burma's '969' movement – which spreads hate
speech and hate symbols – [existed] specifically against, say, the Jews in
Europe, no European government would tolerate it," Burmese activist and
London School of Economics visiting fellow Maung Zarni said.
"Why should the EU not take it seriously, in a major EU-aid recipient
country?"
Both Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been criticised
for not taking a greater stand against the violence that has racked Burma in
recent months. Some have pointed to the seemingly planned nature of many

of the attacks; UN special envoy Vijay Nambiar said the violence had a "brutal
efficiency" and cited "incendiary propaganda" as stirring up trouble.
Multifaith activists in Burma recently took to the streets to counter the
violence, distributing T-shirts and stickers with the message: "There shall be
no racial or religious conflicts because of me." But the Buddhist-Muslim
tension has already spread far and wide.
In Rangoon, a recent mosque fire that killed 13 children was widely believed
to be a case of arson. And in Indonesia, eight Buddhists were beaten to death
by Rohingya Muslims at a detention centre, in apparent retribution for
incidents of sexual assault by Buddhist inmates against Rohingya women.
Rumours abound that those inciting the fighting, like Wirathu, are pawns for
being used by Burma's military generals to stir up trouble in the nascent
democracy. But Wirathu insists he is working alone: "These are my own
beliefs," he said. "I want the world to know this."
In a chilling sermon last month, Wirathu warned that the "population
explosion" of Burma's Muslims could mean only one thing: "They will capture
our country in the end."
And just like his namesake, this "Burmese Bin Laden" made a brazen call to
arms: "Once we [have] won this battle, we will move on to other Muslim
targets."
Preacher of hate
1968 Wirathu is born in Kyaukse, near Mandalay
1984 Joins the monkhood
2001 Starts promoting his nationalist "969" campaign, which includes
boycotting Muslim businesses
2003 Jailed for 25 years for inciting religious hatred after distributing anti-
Muslim leaflets, leading to 10 Muslims being killed in Kyaukse
2010 Freed under a general amnesty
June 2012 Violence breaks out between ethnic Rohingya Muslims and
Rakhine Buddhists in Rakhine state

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U Wirathu, the spiritual leader of the 969 Buddhist
Nationalist movement, and his entourage leave after
giving a sermon, at a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar
(Burma) on May 22, 2013. U Wirathu is an abbot in the
New Maesoeyin Monastery where he leads about 60
monks and has influence over more than 2,500 residing
there. He travels the country giving sermons to
religious and laypeople encouraging Buddhists to shun
Muslim business and communities.
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His face as still and serene as a
statue's, the Buddhist monk who has
taken the title "the Burmese bin
Laden" begins his sermon. Hundreds
of worshippers sit before him, palms
pressed together, sweat trickling
silently down their sticky backs. On
cue, the crowd chants with the man
in burgundy robes, the mantras
drifting through the sultry air of a
temple in Mandalay, Burma's second
biggest city after Rangoon. It seems a
peaceful scene, but Wirathu's
message crackles with hate. "Now is
not the time for calm," the 46year
old monk intones, as he spends 90
minutes describing the many...
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3/22/2017 The Fall of U Wirathu
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Burma
The Fall of U Wirathu

By KYAW PHYO THA 15 March 2017
RANGOON — Seated upon a temporary platform on a football field, Burma’s infamous
nationalist monk U Wirathu—in a monotone voice—praised the country’s previous
President U Thein Sein and denounced Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s government as
incompetent, before encouraging Buddhist women to marry opium addicts, drunkards,
monks, and even dogs rather than a Muslim man.
“If women can’t find a husband, get a dog: canines are as able as Muslim men,” he said
to hundreds of his supporters, including women, sitting on the ground during an
evening sermon held at U Thein Sein’s home village of Kyunku in Irrawaddy Division
last month.
U Wirathu expressed the need to protect Buddhism. He claimed—with sharp anti-
Muslim rhetoric—that the foundations of Burma’s majority religion were under assault
and that Buddhists had to be vigilant against the influence of other, fundamentalist
religions.
“If you [women] are able take care of them, there are lots of men who are willing to take
your hand,” said the 49-year-old monk known for anti-Muslim hate speech, according to
a video clip of the Dhamma talk. “If needed, I will send you monks—they abstain from
alcohol,” he told women.
“If you are willing to take my advice for a dog, but you feel reluctant [to wed] the
canines here, let me know and I will order some from abroad,” he added.
 U Wirathu pictured in 2013. / Myo Min Soe / The Irrawaddy

His reasoning was that these “husbands” would not try to convert a woman’s religion,
whereas a Muslim man might.
People familiar with U Wirathu’s sermons have said that asking women to take dogs as
a last resort for marriage was a favored statement of his in events across the country
since his release from prison in 2012.
Despite local and international condemnation of his fiery religious speeches—widely
believed to be at least partly responsible for the rise in Buddhist-Muslim tensions over
the last five years—the firebrand monk and his associates had never even been
questioned by police, let alone arrested or banned from speaking in public.
But, last week, the current ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) government
refused to tolerate his hate speech any longer.
On Thursday, the state Buddhist authority, the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee,
often known by its Burmese acronym Ma Ha Na, banned U Wirathu from preaching
sermons for one year.
A Friday statement from the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture said restrictions on
the monk were due to criticism of the current government, religious hate speech made
at his Dhamma talk at Kyunku and his praising of suspects involved in the murder of
NLD legal adviser U Ko Ni on Facebook.
During the Kyunku sermon, the nationalist monk praised ex-president U Thein Sein for
telling the international community in 2012 that Rohingya “are not an ethnic [group] in
Burma.”
“He is very clear on the issue. He protected the country. His response showed he stood
firmly for the whole people of Burma,” U Wirathu said.
The firebrand monk portrayed the NLD government as people who are reluctant to
admit their incompetency for the country’s slow development despite lifting of
sanctions.
“They always blame Constitutional restrictions. Why don’t they just say they have no
goodwill for the country?”
People who voted for the NLD in 2015 also came under fire from U Wirathu.

“They heartily voted for the NLD [and] what has happened now? Everything is upside
down. The economy was supposed to grow but it is slumping. Food and commodity
prices have skyrocketed,” he said.
The statement from the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture said the Ma Ha Na
found that what U Wirathu said and posted are not in accordance with the disciplines of
a Theravada Buddhist monk.
“We have found out that [he has been] instigating religious, racial, and political conflict
and disputes among the public,” said the statement, adding that the monk will face
legal action if either he fails to follow the order or expresses his discontent about the
ban on Facebook or to the media.
U Wirathu said that the ban is not within usual procedures and that he felt oppressed
by the government.
“In the past, [the government] summoned and personally warned violators. If that didn’t
work, they released an announcement. I don’t feel comfortable being banned like this
by a democratically-elected government,” he told The Irrawaddy this week.
But Ashin Issariya, a leading monk in the Saffron Revolution and now an interfaith
trainer for Peaceful Myanmar Initiative, disagreed with what U Wirathu said.
“He was banned for saying evil things. If he had truly preached Dhamma, he would
have been officially honored,” said the Buddhist monk.
He continued to say that hate speech within a Dhamma talk was shameful behavior
from a Buddhist monk and an insult to the audience.
“If he wants to talk about such nasty things, he should say it out in the streets rather
than on stage at a Dhamma talk where people expect to learn more about ways to
Nirvana.”
Topics: Hate Speech, Religion, U Wirathu
Kyaw Phyo Tha
The Irrawaddy

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Buddhist monk Wirathu is seen in a supporter's home in
Yangon in 2015 [Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters]
A Myanmar monk infamous for his bilious antiMuslim tirades
has been banned from giving sermons for a year by the country's
top Buddhist body, an unprecedented slapdown on a man whose
hate speech has galvanised religious tensions.
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penning hyperbolic speeches warning of an Islamic takeover of
the overwhelmingly Buddhist country.
Myanmar is gripped by deepening religious tensions that have
repeatedly spilled into violence.
The unrest has been partially attributed to antiMuslim rhetoric
spread by Wirathu's wing of Buddhist monks.
READ MORE: Myanmar government cracks down on Buddhist
nationalists
Aung San Suu Kyi's government is under strong international
pressure to explain a bloody crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya
minority in Rakhine state over recent months.
The February assassination of Ko Ni, a respected and highprofile
Muslim lawyer and longtime Suu Kyi ally, also heightened
tensions.
Wirathu, who draws large crowds to his stockintrade
Islamophobic speeches or social media posts, had already been
barred from speaking at an event shortly after Ko Ni's murder.
But a special meeting of the country's most senior monks the
State Sangha Maha Nayaka on Friday decided to ban all of his
sermons.
"As he has repeatedly delivered hate speech against religions to
cause communal strife and hinder efforts to uphold the rule of
law", the monk "was banned from delivering sermons across
Myanmar for one year from March 10, 2017 to March 9, 2018",
the council said in a statement that emerged on Saturday.
He will face "action under the rule of law" for any breach of the
order, the Sangha added, without specifying the punishment.
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rhetoric
Aung San Win, the director of the Ministry of Religion, confirmed
the order to AFP news agency, but did not elaborate on the
actions that may be taken against him, or say whether the order
covered his vigorous social media profile.
Muslims make up about 5 percent of Myanmar's population.
Religious riots have roiled the country in recent years, killing
scores of people the majority of them Muslims.

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အမ垣�址�쌀埏�သမ址�埏�မ垣�ꌁ埏�က址�Ā ဘ址�န靀�埏�စꌁ埏�မ垣�ꌁ埏�၊ အရက靀�သမꌁ埏�မ垣�ꌁ埏�၊ ဘĀန靀�埏�ꈀက址�埏�မ垣�ꌁ埏�│址�ငĀ靀� လက靀�ထပ靀�ꈀကရန靀�၊ မ址�တ靀�စလင靀�
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ယ址�မယĀ靀� အစꌁ埏� �ခ址�埏�က址�Ā ယ址�ꈀက၊ �ခ址�埏�လည靀�埏� ကĀလꌁ埏��လꌁက靀� �တꌁĀꈀဖစ靀�တယ靀�” ဟĀ ဦ埏�ဝ址�ရသ址�က အမ垣�址�쌀埏�သမ址�埏�
မ垣�ꌁ埏� အပ鞲�အဝင靀� ရꌁ│址�ငĀ靀� ခ垣�址��သꌁသ址�က址�Ā �ထꌁက靀�ခ靀�သ址�မ垣�ꌁ埏�က址�Ā �ဟꌁꈀကꌁ埏�ခ흀�Āသည靀�။ ꈀပ址�埏�ခ흀�ĀသညĀ靀� လအတ址�င靀�埏�က
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အမ垣�址�쌀埏�သမ址�埏�မ垣�ꌁ埏�က址�Ā �ꈀပꌁꈀကꌁ埏�ခ흀�Ā�ꈀကꌁင靀�埏� အဆ址�Āပ鞲� တရꌁ埏�ပ址�흀�၏ ဗ址�ဒ址�ယ址�Ā အရသ址�ရသည靀�။
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Wirathu
ဝီရသူ
Religion Buddhism
School Theravada
Temple Masoyein Monastery, Mandalay
Other names Win Khaing Oo
Dharma names Virasu
Personal
Nationality Burmese
Born 10 July 1968 (age 48)
Kyaukse, Mandalay Division,
Burma (now Myanmar)
Ashin Wirathu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wirathu (Burmese: ဝီရသူ; born 10
July 1968 in Kyaukse, Mandalay
Division, Burma) is a Burmese
Buddhist monk, and the spiritual
leader of the antiMuslim movement
in Burma. He has been accused of
inspiring persecution of Muslims
through his speeches, although he
claims to be nothing more than a
peaceful preacher.[1] He has referred
to Muslims as the "enemy".[2]
Contents
1 Background
2 Opposition to Islam
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Background
Wirathu was born in 1968 near Mandalay. He left school at the age 14 to become a
monk. In 2001, he became involved in the 969 Movement .[3] Two years later, in
2003, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his sermons,[4] but was released

in 2012 along with many other political prisoners.[5] Since the government reforms
of 2011, he has been especially active on YouTube and other forms of social
media.[6]
Opposition to Islam
Wirathu led a rally of monks in Mandalay in September 2012 to promote President
Thein Sein's controversial plan to send Burmese Rohingya Muslims to a third
country.[7] One month later, more violence broke out in Rakhine state.[7] Wirathu
claims the violence in Rakhine was the spark for the most recent violence in
Burma's central city of Meiktila, where a dispute in a gold shop quickly spiralled
into a lootingandarson spree. More than 14 people were killed, after monasteries,
shops and houses were burned down across the city.[8][9] At least two people,
including a Burmese Buddhist monk, Shin Thawbita, and a Muslim man were
reportedly assaulted and tortured by mobs in Meikhtilar on 5 March.[10][11]
Wirathu is mentioned on the cover story of Time magazine as "The Face of
Buddhist Terror" on 20 June 2013.[12] "You can be full of kindness and love, but
you cannot sleep next to a mad dog," Wirathu said, referring to Muslims. "If we are
weak," he said, "our land will become Muslim." [1] Referring to Muslim violence and
domination in neighbouring nations, Wirathu worries about a similar fate for
Burma.[13] Wirathu claims that his Muslim opponents labelled him the "Burmese
Bin Laden" after the Time article incorrectly reported he described himself in this
manner.[14] He said he "abhorred violence" and "opposes terrorism".[14] Wirathu
has also expressed admiration for, and a desire to follow the example of, the
English Defence League by "protecting the public."[15]
Thein Sein accused Time of slandering the Buddhist religion and harming the
national reconciliation process by accusing the outspoken cleric of stoking anti
Muslim violence in Burma. Describing him as a "son of Buddha", the president
defended Wirathu as a "noble person" committed to peace. "The article in Time
Magazine can cause misunderstanding about the Buddhist religion, which has
existed for millennia and is followed by the majority of Burmese citizens," Thein
Sein said.[16] In an interview with DVB, Wirathu accused Time of committing a
"serious human rights violation" by refusing to present his views in a verbatim
question and answer format. "Before I had heard [rumours] of the Arab world

dominating the global media," he said, "but this time, I've seen it for myself."[16]
Wirathu openly blamed Muslims for instigating the recent violence. Wirathu said
Burma's Muslims are being financed by Middle Eastern forces, saying, "The local
Muslims are crude and savage because the extremists are pulling the strings,
providing them with financial, military and technical power".[17]
On 21 July 2013, he was the apparent target of a bomb explosion, but he
remained unscathed. Five people were slightly injured in the blast, including a
novice monk. Wirathu claimed that the bombing was an attempt by Muslim
extremists to silence his voice.[18][19][20]
He has called for restrictions on marriages between Buddhists and Muslims,[21] and
for boycotts of Muslimowned businesses.[6]
However, not everyone from within his own faith agrees with his teachings. Abbot
Arriya Wuttha Bewuntha of Mandalay's Myawaddy Sayadaw monastery denounced
him, saying, "He sides a little towards hate [and this was] not the way Buddha
taught. What the Buddha taught is that hatred is not good, because Buddha sees
everyone as an equal being. The Buddha doesn't see people through religion."[7]
Critics also explain what they see as his extremism as little more than due to
ignorance, although his views do have influence in Burma where many businesses
are "run successfully by Muslims".[7]
Burmese prodemocracy activist Maung Zarni also denounced Wirathu's '969'
movement for spreading hate speech [7] and argued that EU countries should take
the matter seriously as Burma is a "major EUaid recipient country".[7]
In September 2014, Wirathu attended a "Great Sangha Conference" in Colombo
organised by Bodu Bala Sena. Wirathu said that his 969 Movement would work
with the Bodu Bala Sena.[22]
In January 2015 Wirathu publicly called United Nations envoy Yanghee Lee a
"bitch" and a "whore"[23][24] and invited her to "offer your arse to the kalars" (a
derogatory term for Muslims).[25][26]
Nationalist Buddhist monk U Wirathu led a prayer and protest at the Mahamuni
Buddha Temple in Mandalay on February 23, 2017 to condemn the Thai
government’s raid on the Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Bangkok.[27]
Ayeyarwady Region's government has banned Ashin Wirathu, the nationalist

Ayeyarwady Region's government has banned Ashin Wirathu, the nationalist
Buddhist monk and highprofile leader of the religious organisation known as Ma
Ba Tha (Patriotic Association of Myanmar), from preaching in the region.[28]
A regional government's statement said U Wirathu gave a religious talk on
February 9 in Kyoneku village tract in Ngapudaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region,
breaching rules of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, a government
appointed body of highranking monks that oversees and regulates the Sangha or
Buddhist clergy in Myanmar.
See also
2013 Burma antiMuslim riots
969 Movement
Patriotic Association of Myanmar
South Thailand insurgency
Bodu Bala Sena
References
1. Thomas Fuller (20 June 2013).
"Extremism Rises Among Myanmar
Buddhists". New York Times.
2. Sectarian divide in Myanmar driven by
radical Buddhism Hindustan Times (htt
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ws/RestOfAsia/SectariandivideinMyan
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11089351.aspx) Archived (https://web.
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3. Alan Strathern (1 May 2013). "Why are
Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?".
BBC.
4. Kate Hodal (28 April 2013). "Buddhist
monk uses racism and rumours to
spread hatred in Burma". Guardian.
5. http://www.irrawaddy.com/interview/nationalist
monkuwirathudeniesroleinanti
muslimunrest.html
6. Gianluca Mezzofiore (26 March 2013).
"Fanatical Buddhist Monk Saydaw
Wirathu Calling for Boycott of Myanmar
Muslims". International Business Times.
7. Kate Hodal (18 April 2013). "Buddhist
monk uses racism and rumours to
spread hatred in Burma The
Guardian". The Guardian.
8. Phyo Wai Lin, Jethro Mullen and Kocha
Olarn (22 March 2013). ", muslims,
clash with Rakhines in Myanmar". CNN.
9. "Inteview with Myanmar's President".
CNN. 24 May 2013.
10. "The Rohingya Saga". Korean Press
News. 21 June 2013.
11. Horrifying Moment Burmese Buddhists
Set Fire to Muslim Man in Riots Which
Left 43 Dead | American Renaissance (h
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43dead/)
12. Hannah Beech (1 July 2013). "The Face
of Buddhist Terror". Time Magazine.
13. Raymond Ibrahim (2 August 2013).
"Buddhist Extremism?". Front Page
Magazine.
14. Khin Khin Ei (21 June 2103). "Myanmar
Monk Rejects Terrorist Label Following
Communal Clashes". Radio Free Asia.
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15. "Radical Buddhist monk accused of
inciting riots that have killed hundreds
of Muslims". New York Post. 21 June
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outube.com/watch?v=qvEBaAiy5b4)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
title=Ashin_Wirathu&oldid=770056876"
Categories: 1968 births Critics of Islam Burmese prisoners and detainees
Buddhist religious leaders Burmese Buddhist monks
Theravada Buddhist monks Living people Opposition to Islam in Burma
People from Mandalay Region Buddhismrelated controversies
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