More anti-Obama sentiment, Burma violence: Rioters burn Muslim homes and shops

[Dave Reichman]

Rioters have burnt Muslim-owned houses and shops in an outbreak
of apparent sectarian violence in Burma (also known as Myanmar).

The trouble broke out overnight around the central town of
Kanbalu, when police refused to hand over a Muslim man accused
of raping a Buddhist woman.

It is the latest in a series of attacks on the Muslim community
that police have failed to control.

The state government has sent reinforcements to the area.

The violence is a stark reminder of how much anti-Muslim
sentiment there is in Myanmar and how little the authorities are
doing to contain it, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok.

Earlier this week, a car carrying UN human rights rapporteur
Tomas Ojea Quintana was attacked by a crowd in the central town
of Meiktila as he tried to investigate sectarian attacks there
in March.

He has accused the country's government of failing to protect
him when his convoy came under attack as some 200 people
surrounded his car, punching the doors and windows.

At least 43 people - most of them from Burma's small Muslim
community - died in the violence that erupted after an argument
at a Muslim-owned shop.

The violence sparked clashes in at least three other towns and
left more than 12,000 Muslims displaced.

The clashes in Meiktila were the worst since ethnic violence in
Rakhine state last year, where nearly 200 people were killed and
tens of thousands forced from their homes.

The conflict that erupted in Rakhine involved Buddhists and
Rohingya Muslims, who are not recognised as Burmese citizens.

The communities remain largely segregated in the wake of the
violence, with many displaced Rohingya Muslims living in tents
or temporary camps.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23831382

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