In the News: Wicca, Climate Change, Gaza and Much More
A round-up of recent religion and media stories in the news. Continue Reading →
Tag: Burma
Burma: Faith and Resistance in Kachin
Photographer Ryan Roco investigates the role of religion in the lives of the Kachin people in northern Burma after decades of civil war. Continue Reading →
In the News: Bill Nye, Depression, Antarctica, The Dalai Lama & More
A round-up of religion in the recent news. Continue Reading →
Poison in the Sangha
As violence spreads amongst Burma’s Buddhist majority and Muslim minority, Francis Wade meets U Wirathu, who calls himself the “Burmese Bin Laden,” and a former monk who rejects Wirathu’s message of intolerance. Continue Reading →
Arakan, Deconstruction
Photographer Ryan Roco investigates the complex and multifaceted conflict that led to the current refugee crisis in Burma’s Arakan state. Continue Reading →
Arakan, Displaced
Conflict in western Burma’s Arakan state has displaced thousands of Muslim Rohingyas and Buddhist Arakanese. From the Burmese border, Francis Wade examines the complex origins and motives behind the violence. Continue Reading →
In The World
By Natasja Sheriff From Tibet, Burma and India, the first of a weekly round-up of religion-related news from around the world. Continue Reading →