A Politician, Not an Icon: Aung San Suu Kyi's Silence on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya

In Myanmar (also known as Burma), the Rohingya are a persecuted Muslim minority living mainly in northern Rakhine State. Aung San Suu Kyi, the iconic leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy (NLD), is championed as the voice of the people. However, on the matter of...

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Published in:Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Main Author: Lee, Ronan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2014]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
RelBib Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BJ Islam
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Myanmar
B Aung San Suu Kyi
B Rohingya
B Burma
B Buddhist-Muslim violence
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