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`Nude Buddha` statues hanging off Chinese restaurant taken down after uproar

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 15:38

Two giant statues of `naked` Buddha have been reportedly taken down from a restaurant in Jinan, China, after onlookers expressed horror and disgust.

Order restored after fresh Myanmar religious unrest

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 16:52

Authorities restored order in Myanmar`s northern Sagaing region on Sunday after a Buddhist mob set fire to nearly two dozen Muslim-owned buildings and attacked rescue workers.

Buddhists torch Muslim homes in Myanmar

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 11:30

Fresh sectarian violence broke out in northwestern Myanmar when Buddhist mobs burned down dozens of homes and shops.

Man arrested in Malaysia on charge of defiling prayer room

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 22:47

The owner of a Malaysian resort who allowed Buddhists to use a Muslim prayer room has been arrested on a charge of defiling a place of worship, police said.

Lanka Buddhist pilgrims get nod to visit Bodh Gaya

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 20:46

Sri Lankan Buddhist pilgrims on Wednesday got the green signal to visit the Mahabodhi temple in India.

Myanmar jails two Buddhists for riot murders: Officials

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 15:20

Myanmar has sentenced two Buddhist men to seven years in prison for murders during religious violence in March that left dozens of people dead, a local official said Monday.

Two killed in Myanmar refugee camp dispute: UN

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 22:20

The UN refugee agency said that two people were killed and six wounded when security forces tried to quell a dispute at a refugee camp housing Muslims in western Myanmar.

Myanmar says govt not to blame for religious riots

Last Updated: Saturday, March 30, 2013, 22:02

The Myanmar government today rejected remarks by a UN human rights official suggesting that the authorities bear some blame for recent mob attacks by Buddhists on minority Muslims that killed dozens of people.

Myanmar religious riots: Emergency rule declared in Meiktila, 20 dead

Last Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013, 13:29

State of emergency has been declared by Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Friday, in four townships here as riot between Buddhists and Muslims, which killed at least 20 people escalated after its outbreak on Wednesday, as per reports.

Mamata proposes separate council for Lepchas, Gurung disposes

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 19:26

After ruling out division of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee hinted at formation of a separate development body for Lepchas and Buddhists.

Muslim-Buddhist clashes spread in western Myanmar

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 09:11

The unrest is one of the worst reported between Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists.

Buddhists protest in front of Bangladeshi mission in Lanka

Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 19:13

Several Buddhist monks marched in front of the Bangladeshi High Commission here o Thursday to protest against the attacks on the community in that country.