TEHRAN, Aug.26 (MNA) Fresh sectarian violence struck northwestern Myanmar early Sunday when a 1,000-strong Buddhist mob burned down dozens of Islamic homes and shops following rumors that a young woman had been assaulted by a Muslim man, police said. There were no reports of injuries. A crowd surrounded the police station late Saturday and then went ...

Myanmars government has forcefully relocated hundreds of Muslims living in the western Rakhine State to a camp for internally-displaced people. Government spokesman Win Myaing said the Muslims were moved from Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe to a camp outside the township. The government claimed the relocation was due to the unfavorable conditions ...

[caption id="attachment_26702" align="alignright" width="300"] This picture shows a mosque destroyed after hundreds of extremist Buddhists armed with bricks stormed a group of Muslim villages in Okkan in Myanmar on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.[/caption] Irans Foreign Ministry has denounced the recent attack by extremists on Muslims in the city of Okkan ...