Myanmar mob burns down mosque, second in a week

United Press International

A mob burned down a mosque in northern Myanmar, the second attack in a little more than one week.   Several hundred villagers wielding sticks, knives and other weapons raided and burned the structure around 3:30 p.m. Friday, according to the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar state-newspaper.  Local authorities and security forces said they tried to disperse the mob but that the mob was unresponsive and entirely beyond control.  No arrests were made and an investigation has been launched.

The mosque administration had failed to meet a Thursday deadline to raze the building to make way for a bridge. Ma Ba Tha, a Buddhist nationalist group, says the mosque was built without permission from the government, but Thein Aung, chairman of the mosque’s caretaker group, claims the structure was built more than 20 years ago.  On June 23, a Buddhist mob about 200 targeted a mosque and other religious buildings in a Muslim-dominated village in the Bago region. One Muslim man was injured and the minority group sought refuge in a neighboring town.....To Read More..

My Take – I have been following this story and my first link was on Thursday, April 18, 2013 with the article, Monks Gone Bad and The Mad Monks of Myanmar.

"My Take” at the time was: There is a question not answered, nor is it asked in this article. Why? The author talks about poverty as a vehicle for inclusion into the religious orders, but that isn't an explanation as to why this particular group of monks decided to be violent against Muslims. There is much more to this story that isn't being told, and it is my belief the right questions aren't being asked. This article answers those unasked questions when a monk named Wirathu says; “Muslims are fundamentally bad. Mohammed allows them to kill any creature. Islam is a religion of thieves, they do not want peace.” 

I have stated in the past that at some point there is going to be a backlash against Muslim violence.  What I didn’t expect was to see it started by Buddhists.  What I also find interesting is how much the world bemoans violence against Muslims, and yet those same voices seem to be silent at violence perpetrated by Muslims.  The world has gone nuts.  This much is clear though. When it starts it will become more unpleasant than anything we have seen for a long time."

This is a precurser as to what's going to happen in Europe.  Make no mistake about this - it's fundamental - they've pushed and pushed and pushed - and backlash in Europe will be stunningly unpleasant - altering Europe forever. The question everyone should be asking is what will take it's place.