Anti-Muslim Buddhists in Myanmar

Anti-Muslim Buddhists in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar Buddhist monk Wirathu answers reporters' questions at a monastery in Yangon on June 27, 2013. He is the spiritual leader of Myanmar's anti-Muslim movement.

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