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Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state traps Buddhist minority in limbo

Author: Thin Lei Win

SITTWE, Myanmar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The 400-odd Maramargyi ethnic minorities who have been living in ramshackle huts in the Set Yone Su displacement camp since sectarian violence wracked communities here in western Myanmar two years ago ostensibly practice the “right” religion – Buddhism.

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