Eleven Myanmar media condemn Time Magazine for insulting Myanmar Buddhism. Thank you Eleven Myanmar media for supporting our Buddhist leader U Wira Thu and condemn Time magazine liar , cheater , biased and pro Rhohingya. Original Article Myanmar web surfers were furious over the July issue of Time magazine that portrayed Myanmar Buddhist monk U Wirathu on a cover and labeled as “the face of the Buddhist terror”. The publication was criticized by many in the public and among Facebook users. Most felt that it was an insult to Buddhism. Based on public opinions, the comments have been made as follow: Kyaw Min Swe, Chief Editor of the Voice Daily I am not happy with Time’s cover story. It is inappropriate to label a person for religion. How much evidence do they have to prove that U Wirathu has been involved in violence? I do not agree with this matter. It doesn’t matter whether I like him or not. It could impact on Myanmar and its religion how the Time’s represent that news. I think there is something behind the story. Neither does it meet journalistic ethic because it is using religion and violence together to damage a person’ dignity. It is absolutely not required to do that so. I don’t think I need to mention that Time is a world famous magazine. Dr. Ashin Dhamma Piyaka, Information in charge of Buddha Sasana Ovada Cariya Acceptance and Preliminary Religious Talks Myanmar has more than 500,000 Buddhist monks. Blame should not be put on the entire Buddhism. It is one sided story. History has it that Buddhism is a peaceful religion. Monks are committed to doing public wellbeing as well as for the Sasana. The religion has been and will be peaceful. Ashin Dayventa Bhivamsa, Sitagu Scientist Einstein once said about Buddhism, if there was a religion that can bring the peace to world, it must be the Buddhism. So I do think I have to mention Buddhism as a peaceful religion. As monks are following the peaceful religion, they are peacefully minded. There has been no violence made by monks. But they were killed and they were terrorized. The weapon of the monks is tolerance. The Time magazine has accused U Wirathu as a terrorist. Sitagu Sayadaw (Venerable monk Sitagu) said that U Wirathu is a person who desires to have peace. However the foreign media criticizes him. Social activist Myint Myint Khin Pe I was asked in an interview by French journalist whether most Myanmar people including me accept the violence or not. I replied that I never accept any violence. The image of Buddhism will be protected by its own religion. To protect the Buddhism, every Buddhist should behave well in time. If not, Myanmar could be recognized as a terrorist Buddhist country. Hanthawaddy U Win Tin, the Veteran Journalist It is terrible to use the word “Buddhist terror”. I think international community may have sided with Muslims. “969” has appeared in Buddhist community as well. No one can deny that Muslims are usually extremists. They kill other people as well as their own. Now there could have been Buddhist extremists like 969 or U Wirathu. It is not a good sign. There can be conflicts among people and it should be solved in accord with rules and regulations. The violence was not solved with the rules and regulations and the problem was titled as religion issue which is getting bigger later on. Those who want to back track from the current political situation are taking advantage of the situation. Now it is even harder to solve the problems. It is terrible that the influential Time magazine wrote about the events in Myanmar by portraying Buddhist monk U Wirathu. The extent of the danger is bigger now. The response of U Wirathu and his followers and those who are against them will accelerate. So I think aggressiveness of both sides will get higher. Dr. Myat Thu, Managing Directo of Asia Taw Win U Wirathu’s love for his religion is too much. He has not insulted other religions so the statement of TIME Magazine is totally wrong. My opinion is the same as Sitagu Sayadaw. When the Daily Eleven interviewed U Wirathu, he said that he is really surprised by the fact that he is dubbed a Buddhist terrorist.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 19:48:49 +0000
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