One Region in Myanmar Limits Births of Muslims

[cronus]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/world ... world&_r=0

One Region in Myanmar Limits Births of Muslims

YANGON, Myanmar — The local authorities in the western state of Rakhine in Myanmar have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing during earlier sectarian violence.

Officials said Saturday that the new measure would be applied to two Rakhine townships that border Bangladesh and that have the highest Muslim populations in the state.

The unusual order makes Myanmar perhaps the only country in the world to impose such a restriction on a religious group, and it is likely to fuel further criticism that Muslims are being discriminated against in the Buddhist-majority country.

In a recent meeting with President Thein Sein, President Obama mixed praise for the country’s rapid pace toward democracy with a warning that violence against Muslims “needs to stop.”

It was unclear how the local government would enforce the rule......

(continued, buddhists toughing up and showing the way forward.....?)

[mistermack]

They could limit the births even more, if they made a law that all circumcisions could only be performed by a Buddhist monk.

[JimC]

They could limit the births even more, if they made a law that all circumcisions could only be performed by a Buddhist monk.

With a nervous twitch...

[Svartalf]

There's wisdom to be found in the East, mark my words.

[cronus]

There's wisdom to be found in the East, mark my words.

Forget wisdom...they're the smart ones over that way.