Myanmar monks protest Bangladesh temples attacks
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A Buddhist monk holds a banner as they stage a rally outside the Embassy of Bangladesh on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- PHOTO: AP
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A Myanmar police officer talks with Buddhist monks as they attempt to stage a rally outside the Embassy of Bangladesh on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- PHOTO: AP
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Buddhist monks hold banners as they stage a rally outside the Embassy of Bangladesh on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- PHOTO: AP
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Myanmar Buddhist monks walk past the Embassy of Bangladesh as police officers provide security after Buddhist monks stage a rally outside the Embassy on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- PHOTO: AP
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Buddhist monks stage a rally outside the Embassy of Bangladesh on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. More than 100 monks have demonstrated at Bangladesh’s embassy to protest recent attacks against Buddhist temples and homes in Myanmar’s South Asian neighbor. -- PHOTO: AP
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Myanmar Buddhist monks holds a banner during a demonstration in front of the Bangladesh embassy denouncing Muslim mob attacks on Buddhist temples in neighbouring Bangladesh, in Yangon on Oct 5, 2012. The Buddhist monks staged the protest in reaction to Sept 30 riots in Bangladesh's coastal district of Cox's Bazar. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Buddhist monk holds a banner as they stage a rally outside the Embassy of Bangladesh on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- PHOTO: AP
A Myanmar police officer talks with Buddhist monks as they attempt to stage a rally outside the Embassy of Bangladesh on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- PHOTO: AP
Buddhist monks hold banners as they stage a rally outside the Embassy of Bangladesh on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- PHOTO: AP
Myanmar Buddhist monks walk past the Embassy of Bangladesh as police officers provide security after Buddhist monks stage a rally outside the Embassy on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- PHOTO: AP
Buddhist monks stage a rally outside the Embassy of Bangladesh on Friday, Oct 5, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. More than 100 monks have demonstrated at Bangladesh’s embassy to protest recent attacks against Buddhist temples and homes in Myanmar’s South Asian neighbor. -- PHOTO: AP
Myanmar Buddhist monks holds a banner during a demonstration in front of the Bangladesh embassy denouncing Muslim mob attacks on Buddhist temples in neighbouring Bangladesh, in Yangon on Oct 5, 2012. The Buddhist monks staged the protest in reaction to Sept 30 riots in Bangladesh's coastal district of Cox's Bazar. -- PHOTO: AFP
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - More than 100 monks in Myanmar demonstrated on Friday at Bangladesh's embassy to protest recent attacks against Buddhist temples and homes in Myanmar's South Asian neighbour.
The Buddhist monks staged the protest in reaction to Sept 30 riots in Bangladesh's coastal district of Cox's Bazar. Thousands of Muslims there set fire to at least 10 temples and 40 homes due to anger over a photo of a burned Quran posted on Facebook, allegedly by a Buddhist.
The attacks came as sectarian relations remain tense in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, where clashes in June between members of the Buddhist community and Rohingya Muslims of Bengali origin left about 90 people dead.
About 300 Buddhist monks in Thailand's capital Bangkok staged a similar protest on Wednesday outside the regional office of the United Nations.
