Buddhist-Muslim Tensions in Burma

Clip: 8/21/2013 | 3m 34s

This Buddhist monk's incendiary rhetoric has incited deadly violence against Muslims.

"There is a lot of irony in the fact that the monk Wirathu and his followers are using fear in order to incite acts of violence that are precisely against the spirit of so much Buddhist teaching," says Eyal Aviv, a professor of religious studies and international affairs at George Washington University. Watch our interview about the violence between Buddhists and the Muslim minority in Burma.

Aired 08/21/2013 | Rating NR

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